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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
.TAG 2411133.2/BMX
.DELDT 04/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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