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Spot Forecast for Desoto 6315 South...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
613 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Isolated showers and storms are possible both today
and Friday. Minimum relative humidity values remain above
critical thresholds (around 45-50 percent today and around 55
percent tomorrow) at the burn site. Southeasterly transport winds
this morning will become more southerly by this afternoon.
Transport winds then turn more southwesterly by Friday.
Afternoon dispersions will be good (values around 70).

Fog potential and other remarks...Patchy fog development is
possible once again tonight at the burn site. Fog may briefly
become dense prior to sunrise.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1 until 1300, then 2.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...792-1737 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....40 increasing to 72.
LVORI...............2.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........51     50     50     49
Weather cov.....              S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........              S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      20     20
LAL.............1      1      2      2
Temp............77     84     87     86
RH..............76     55     48     51
20 FT wind dir..SE     SSE    S      S
20 FT wind spd..6      8      9      10
20 FT wind gust.9      12     14     15
Mix hgt (ft)....2600   4600   5700   5100
Mix hgt (m).....790    1400   1740   1550
Transp wind dir.SSE    S      S      S
Transp wind spd.12     13     14     14
Trans wind dir..SSE    S      S      S
Trans spd (m/s).5      6      6      6
Dispersion idx..40     62     74     66
LVORI...........3      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................2 until 1900, then 1.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1554 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 16 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....66 decreasing to 7.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........54     60     69     67     66     68
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20     10     10     10     10     10
LAL.............2      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............81     75     70     68     69     68
RH..............60     76     93     100    100    100
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      S      SSE    SSE
20 FT wind spd..8      6      6      5      5      3
20 FT wind gust.13     9      8      7      6      6
Mix hgt (ft)....5100   500    500    500    500    500
Mix hgt (m).....1550   150    150    150    150    150
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S      S      S
Transp wind spd.16     10     9      9      9      8
Trans wind dir..S      S      S      S      S      S
Trans spd (m/s).7      4      4      4      4      4
Dispersion idx..66     7      6      6      5      4
LVORI...........1      4      5      8      8      9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1 until 1300, then 2.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1128 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 36 late in the morning, increasing
to 43 early in the afternoon, then decreasing to 33.
LVORI...............5. Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........66     65     66     66     67     69
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     20     20
LAL.............1      1      1      1      2      2
Temp............67     71     79     82     84     83
RH..............100    93     74     63     55     55
20 FT wind dir..SE     SSE    S      S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..3      5      7      9      10     9
20 FT wind gust.6      7      9      13     15     14
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1000   2700   2900   2100   2700
Mix hgt (m).....150    300    820    880    640    820
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S      SW     S
Transp wind spd.7      8      10     12     12     12
Trans wind dir..S      S      S      S      SW     S
Trans spd (m/s).3      4      4      5      5      5
Dispersion idx..3      12     27     39     32     33
LVORI...........9      5      3      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...96
Requested by...Cliff Willis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412441.5/MOB
.DELDT 05/02/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov