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Spot Forecast for Desoto Block 6306 East...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1048 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions are expected today and Friday. Afternoon relative
humidity values remain above critical levels. A southerly transport
flow is expected today, becoming light southwesterly on Friday.
Dispersion index values will be generally good today and Friday.

Fog potential and other remarks...Patchy fog development is
expected again tonight. Fog may briefly become dense around or a
little before sunrise.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...671-975 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....44.
LVORI...............2.
Stability class.....3.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........90     85     77     78
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1
Temp............77     82     83     82
RH..............74     58     55     56
20 FT wind dir..SSE    S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..8      9      9      8
20 FT wind gust.14     15     15     14
Mix hgt (ft)....2200   3100   3200   3200
Mix hgt (m).....670    940    980    980
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S
Transp wind spd.13     14     13     15
Trans wind dir..S      S      S      S
Trans spd (m/s).6      6      6      7
Dispersion idx..36     44     42     44
LVORI...........3      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Patchy fog
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-975 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....44 decreasing to 7.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........64     66     60     58     69     72
Weather cov.....                            PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG    FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............79     73     69     69     68     68
RH..............64     81     93     93     100    97
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      S      SSW    SSW
20 FT wind spd..8      7      5      3      2      2
20 FT wind gust.13     9      7      6      3      3
Mix hgt (ft)....3200   600    600    500    500    500
Mix hgt (m).....980    180    180    150    150    150
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S      SSW    SW
Transp wind spd.14     12     10     9      8      6
Trans wind dir..S      S      S      S      SSW    SW
Trans spd (m/s).6      5      4      4      4      3
Dispersion idx..44     7      6      5      4      3
LVORI...........1      4      6      8      9      9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1494 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 9 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 1 to 4 meters/second.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 41.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........62     58     53     31     38     27
Weather cov.....PATCHY
Weather type....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............68     70     76     83     87     88
RH..............97     93     76     55     48     45
20 FT wind dir..SW     SW     SW     SW     SSW    SSW
20 FT wind spd..1      2      3      6      7      8
20 FT wind gust.       3      6      8      9      12
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1200   2400   4000   4800   4900
Mix hgt (m).....150    370    730    1220   1460   1490
Transp wind dir.SW     W      WSW    WSW    SW     SW
Transp wind spd.5      5      5      7      7      8
Trans wind dir..SW     W      WSW    WSW    SW     SW
Trans spd (m/s).2      2      2      3      3      4
Dispersion idx..2      8      16     30     37     41
LVORI...........9      7      3      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...21
Requested by...Cliff Willis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411166.2/MOB
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov