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Spot Forecast for Scott Lake...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
553 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on May 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Conditions today across eastern Talladega County will feature low
stratus clouds during the morning that are expected to mix out and
rise during the mid-morning hours. No rain is expected during the
day today, as transport winds increase to 15 knots from the south
and southwest. 20ft winds will remain fairly light between 5 and
10 knots during the afternoon. The chance for wetting rainfall
will increase during the overnight hours tonight through the day
on Thursday.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........72     69     66     62     49     38
Weather cov.....              S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........              S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE S CHC
CWR.............10     0      20     20     30     20
Temp............69     72     77     81     84     86
RH..............97     90     76     67     61     55
20 FT wind......SW 3   SW 5   S 7    S 8    S 8    S 8
20 FT wind gust.11     11     11     13     14     16
20 FT wind dir..210    210    200    200    200    200
Mix hgt (ft)....800    1500   2700   3200   3700   4200
Transport wind..SW 10  SW 13  SW 15  S 15   S 16   S 18
Dispersion idx..5      8      20     49     71     91
LVORI...........8      5      3      3      1      1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........38     40     47     55     69     87
Weather cov.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC         CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC         CHANCE
CWR.............20     20     20     20     10     40
Temp............85     79     76     73     72     71
RH..............57     69     79     84     90     93
20 FT wind......S 8    S 8    S 7    S 7    S 7    SW 7
20 FT wind gust.16     14     16     18     17     16
20 FT wind dir..200    200    200    200    200    210
Mix hgt (ft)....1800   600    600    600    700    700
Transport wind..SW 16  SW 15  SW 17  SW 16  SW 16  SW 16
Dispersion idx..37     13     13     14     14     14
LVORI...........1      3      4      4      4      5

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........88     92     100    100    96     96
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
CWR.............40     70     90     90     80     80
Temp............71     70     75     78     82     84
RH..............93     100    84     74     65     61
20 FT wind......SW 6   SW 7   SW 9   SW 9   SW 8   W 7
20 FT wind gust.14     14     17     17     16     14
20 FT wind dir..220    220    220    230    240    250
Mix hgt (ft)....900    1300   1900   2700   2900   2500
Transport wind..SW 14  SW 15  SW 17  SW 17  W 16   W 14
Dispersion idx..12     13     19     39     50     39
LVORI...........5      5      3      3      1      2

$$
Forecaster...GGoggins
Requested by...Sean Snyder
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413458.0/BMX
.DELDT 05/08/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0