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FNUS74 KHUN 151014
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Spot Forecast for Houston/Riddle...Usfs
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
514 AM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Decent burning conditions will be present across the Bankhead
today. Around ignition time, mixing heights will likely be around
1.5 KFT yet will make it above 3 KFT by noon and remain so through
the afternoon. Transport winds will remain 10-12 KTS through the
day from the SW. RH will steadily drop throughout the afternoon as
temperatures climb into the mid 80s with min RH around 35%
forecast. There is a low but non zero chance for some light
isolated showers during the afternoon. Coverage of showers is
likely to be sparse if at all and result in negligible rain fall
amounts.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 13 mph.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0   6   6   9   22  30  27  35  37
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............66  73  76  79  82  84  85  85  84
RH..............73  62  56  49  44  40  39  37  37
20 FT WIND DIR..230 230 220 210 200 200 200 200 200
20 FT WIND SPD..8   8   7   8   8   8   9   9   8
20 FT WIND GUST.13  13  12  12  13  12  13  13  12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.8 2.7 3.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.230 250 240 210 200 200 210 210 200
TRANSP WIND SPD.9   10  10  10  10  12  13  13  13
DISPERSION IDX..6   7   34  45  54  60  65  65  50
LVORI...........5   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
CWR.............0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph becoming light.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 12 mph.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........32  32  49  50  66  54  62  75  69  81  71  65
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............82  78  74  69  67  65  64  64  62  61  61  60
RH..............40  47  55  66  68  70  73  70  78  81  84  87
20 FT WIND DIR..200 190 180 190 180 170 170 170 180 190 180 170
20 FT WIND SPD..7   7   6   6   6   6   6   7   6   6   6   5
20 FT WIND GUST.12  12  10  10  10  10  10  12  10  10  10  9
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.200 200 200 200 200 200 190 190 190 180 180 190
TRANSP WIND SPD.12  10  10  9   9   8   7   6   6   6   6   7
DISPERSION IDX..30  13  10  7   5   3   5   4   4   4   4   5
LVORI...........1   2   2   2   3   3   3   4   4   4   5   5
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  0   10  10  10  10  10  10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10  10  10  10  10  0   10  10  10  10  10  10

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 12 mph.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........75  83  66  72  80  72  66  59  59  58  58  59
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............60  59  62  65  68  73  76  78  79  80  80  79
RH..............90  93  90  87  78  62  54  48  45  42  42  44
20 FT WIND DIR..160 170 160 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180
20 FT WIND SPD..6   7   7   8   10  10  10  12  13  13  14  13
20 FT WIND GUST.9   10  10  13  16  16  16  18  20  21  21  20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.190 190 190 180 170 170 180 190 180 180 170 170
TRANSP WIND SPD.8   9   12  14  15  16  16  16  16  17  17  17
DISPERSION IDX..5   6   8   12  17  36  41  43  42  44  43  39
LVORI...........5   5   5   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...Darish
Requested by...Clark
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410810.0/HUN
.DELDT 04/15/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Kerry.clark@usda.gov


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