Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
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Spot Forecast for Joseph Springs C...USFS Shoal Creek
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
510 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 CDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Showers and a few thunderstorms will linger into the evening
hours across north Alabama. Max RH values overnight will be near
100 percent. Much of the area will remain dry on Thursday with
increasing rain chances late Thursday night for areas north of
I-20. Min RH values 45-55% on Thursday. 20 foot winds should be
light and variable tonight becoming south 5-7 mph by Thursday
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........92 85 79 73 73 62
Weather cov.....DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE S CHC PATCHY
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR FOG
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC
CWR.............80 50 30 30 0 0
LAL.............3 3 2 2 2 1
Temp............74 68 66 65 64 63
RH..............46 65 81 87 90 90
20 FT wind......W 3 W 1 SW 1 SE 2 SE 2 S 1
20 FT wind gust.8 5 2 2
20 FT wind dir..260 250 230 140 120 160
Mix hgt (ft)....1400 200 400 400 400 500
Transport wind..SW 10 SW 6 SW 3 SW 3 SW 3 S 5
Dispersion idx..19 2 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........1 3 5 5 6 7
.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........37 57 57 10 13 22
Weather cov.....PATCHY CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....FOG NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC
CWR.............0 0 10 10 30 30
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 2
Temp............61 65 74 80 83 85
RH..............97 97 71 56 49 41
20 FT wind......S 1 SW 1 W 2 SW 2 S 3 SW 5
20 FT wind gust. 2 6 6 7 8
20 FT wind dir..190 220 250 210 200 210
Mix hgt (ft)....300 800 2200 4000 5400 5500
Transport wind..SW 3 SW 3 W 3 SW 5 S 7 SW 8
Dispersion idx..2 2 2 23 46 55
LVORI...........7 7 2 2 1 1
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........43 30 26 35 51 57
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC S CHC
CWR.............30 10 10 10 40 40
LAL.............2 1 1 1 2 2
Temp............79 73 69 67 66 65
RH..............58 68 78 84 87 93
20 FT wind......SW 3 S 3 S 2 S 2 SW 2 SW 2
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind dir..210 200 170 200 210 230
Mix hgt (ft)....2100 BLW100 500 500 400 400
Transport wind..S 9 S 9 S 8 SW 7 SW 7 W 8
Dispersion idx..25 0 4 3 3 4
LVORI...........1 3 5 5 6 8
.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........57 74 57 57 57 52
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
CWR.............40 40 40 40 50 50
LAL.............2 2 2 2 3 3
Temp............64 66 73 77 80 81
RH..............97 93 76 64 56 53
20 FT wind......SW 2 SW 3 W 5 W 5 W 5 W 6
20 FT wind gust.6 7 10 8 8 8
20 FT wind dir..230 230 260 270 270 280
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1000 2200 3400 4300 4300
Transport wind..W 8 W 9 W 12 W 13 W 14 W 15
Dispersion idx..4 6 8 52 54 58
LVORI...........8 6 3 3 1 1
$$
Forecaster...Linhares
Requested by...Aaron Radford
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/17/24
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