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Spot Forecast for Desoto 6315 C-19...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
613 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX BETWEEN 75-80 EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE BURN AREA...

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather conditions are expected today and Saturday.
Southeasterly winds will increase through the weekend with gusts
between 20 and 30 mph possible. Dispersion index values will be
good today and Saturday.

Fog potential and other remarks...Patchy fog may be briefly
possible early this morning. Any patchy fog that develops should
lift by around 8 AM CDT.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 14 mph with gusts around 20
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...853-1463 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 21 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 7 to 9 meters/second.
Dispersion index....59 increasing to 78 in the afternoon.
LVORI...............1.
Stability class.....3.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52  43  40  44  34  35  42  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............77  80  82  84  85  84  84  83
RH..............64  58  51  48  45  44  44  46
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..9   12  13  13  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.15  18  20  21  21  22  23  22
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 3.7 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
Transp wind dir.SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  17  18  21  20  20  20  18
Trans wind dir..SSE S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).7   8   8   9   9   9   9   8
Dispersion idx..55  62  72  78  78  76  72  72
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1372 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 17 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 8 meters/second.
Dispersion index....72 decreasing to 11.
LVORI...............4.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........37     51     68     71     69     71
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............79     71     69     67     66     66
RH..............56     79     87     97     100    93
20 FT wind dir..SSE    SSE    SSE    SE     SE     SE
20 FT wind spd..12     8      8      8      7      7
20 FT wind gust.17     14     13     12     12     10
Mix hgt (ft)....4500   600    600    600    500    500
Mix hgt (m).....1370   180    180    180    150    150
Transp wind dir.S      SSE    SSE    SSE    SSE    SSE
Transp wind spd.17     14     15     14     13     12
Trans wind dir..S      SSE    SSE    SSE    SSE    SSE
Trans spd (m/s).8      6      7      6      6      5
Dispersion idx..72     12     12     12     11     8
LVORI...........1      4      5      6      6      7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds increasing to 10 to 15 mph.
                    Gusts up to 25 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1494 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 16 mph increasing to 21 to 24
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 6 to 11 meters/second.
Dispersion index....11 increasing to 80.
LVORI...............4.
Stability class.....3.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........73     74     68     69     60     46
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............65     69     78     83     85     84
RH..............93     87     64     55     50     49
20 FT wind dir..SE     SE     SE     SSE    SSE    SSE
20 FT wind spd..7      8      13     15     16     16
20 FT wind gust.10     15     23     26     28     26
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1700   3200   4400   4800   4700
Mix hgt (m).....150    520    980    1340   1460   1430
Transp wind dir.SE     SE     SE     SSE    SSE    SE
Transp wind spd.12     16     24     24     24     23
Trans wind dir..SE     SE     SE     SSE    SSE    SE
Trans spd (m/s).5      7      11     11     11     10
Dispersion idx..9      36     59     71     73     80
LVORI...........6      4      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...21
Requested by...Cliff Willis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412441.1/MOB
.DELDT 04/26/24
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.EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov