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FNUS74 KMOB 171111
FWSMOB

Spot Forecast for Chick 447,448...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
611 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Dry conditions are expected today and Thursday.
Afternoon relative humidity values remain above critical levels
today and Thursday around 55 percent. Transport winds will be
around 10 to 15mph today and Thursday, with max surface wind gusts
around 15mph. Dispersion index values will be generally good
today and fair Thursday.

Fog potential and other remarks...Light patchy fog is possible
late tonight into Thursday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...762-1250 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....38 increasing to 45 in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
Stability class.....3.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  81  82  84  83  81  83  76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............74  76  78  80  81  82  81  80
RH..............76  69  64  60  56  55  56  56
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   9   10  10  12  10
20 FT wind gust.13  14  14  13  15  15  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.8 3.2 3.7 3.8 4.1 3.3 3.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  12  12  13  15  14
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   5   5   6   7   6
Dispersion idx..33  40  42  44  43  46  46  46
LVORI...........3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1006 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....46 decreasing to 7.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........79  77  82  83  81  79  78  79  81  82  83  82
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............79  76  73  71  71  69  68  68  67  67  66  66
RH..............58  66  76  81  81  90  93  93  97  97  100 100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE SSE SSE S
20 FT wind spd..10  9   7   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.16  13  10  9   8   7   7   6   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  12  10  12  10  9   9   7   8   7   7
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   5   4   5   4   4   4   3   4   3   3
Dispersion idx..46  10  8   8   7   6   6   4   4   3   3   3
LVORI...........1   3   4   4   5   6   7   8   9   9   9   9

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph early in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1006 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 37.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81  80  81  82  83  82  81  80  81  81  82  82
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............66  66  67  71  74  78  80  81  82  84  84  83
RH..............100 100 100 87  79  69  65  60  58  55  55  55
20 FT wind dir..S   SSE SSE S   S   SSE S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   7   7   8   9   10  10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.5   7   9   10  10  13  14  15  15  15  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.1 1.3 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.7
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SSW S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW
Transp wind spd.6   7   8   8   10  13  12  13  10  10  10  10
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   SSW S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   4   4   4   6   5   6   4   4   4   4
Dispersion idx..3   5   11  15  25  32  36  40  37  35  33  33
LVORI...........9   9   7   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...25
Requested by...Rodney J Landrum
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411128.0/MOB
.DELDT 04/17/24
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.EMAIL rodney.landrum@usda.gov