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Spot Forecast for Chick Cpt 439 440 441...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
523 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 80 EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
BURN AREA...

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather conditions are expected to continue through Wednesday.
Minimum relative humidity is forecast to drop to around 30 percent
around the burn site this afternoon and improves slightly by
Wednesday afternoon. Light winds become southerly between 5-10 mph
this afternoon, with light and variable winds generally
anticipated on Wednesday.

Fog potential and other remarks...Fog development currently
appears unlikely through early Wednesday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...183-1829 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....9 increasing to 78.
LVORI...............2.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........0      1      2      8      19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1
Temp............50     66     73     76     77
RH..............74     45     37     36     36
20 FT wind dir..E      SSE    S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..3      6      7      8      7
20 FT wind gust.6      9      12     13     12
Mix hgt (ft)....600    3300   4700   5600   6000
Mix hgt (m).....180    1010   1430   1710   1830
Transp wind dir.SE     SSE    S      S      S
Transp wind spd.6      12     10     12     13
Trans wind dir..SE     SSE    S      S      S
Trans spd (m/s).3      5      4      5      6
Dispersion idx..6      45     61     71     78
LVORI...........3      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1829 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....78 decreasing to 3.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........14     8      1      2      3      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............76     66     60     57     53     51
RH..............40     61     78     90     100    100
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      SSW    SSW    SSW
20 FT wind spd..7      6      5      3      2      2
20 FT wind gust.12     9      7      5      5      3
Mix hgt (ft)....6000   400    400    400    400    400
Mix hgt (m).....1830   120    120    120    120    120
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S      SSW    SW
Transp wind spd.13     13     10     9      7      7
Trans wind dir..S      S      S      S      SSW    SW
Trans spd (m/s).6      6      4      4      3      3
Dispersion idx..78     5      5      4      3      3
LVORI...........1      3      4      6      8      9

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1707 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 7 mph decreasing to 3 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.West 1 to 3 meters/second.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 38.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........5      8      12     20     28     37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............51     57     71     78     82     83
RH..............100    90     61     48     43     41
20 FT wind dir..WSW    WSW    WSW    WSW    W      WNW
20 FT wind spd..1      2      3      2      2      3
20 FT wind gust.2      3      6      5      5      6
Mix hgt (ft)....400    900    2600   4500   5400   5600
Mix hgt (m).....120    270    790    1370   1650   1710
Transp wind dir.SW     W      W      WNW    WNW    WNW
Transp wind spd.6      6      7      5      3      6
Trans wind dir..SW     W      W      WNW    WNW    WNW
Trans spd (m/s).3      3      3      2      1      3
Dispersion idx..3      6      20     27     28     38
LVORI...........9      5      2      2      2      1

$$
Forecaster...21
Requested by...Ryan Barnett
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/23/24
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.EMAIL ryan.barnett@usda.gov