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Spot Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Lake Howard...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
401 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1700 CDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Rain-free conditions dominate through Thursday, aside from a brief
period of 20 percent shower chances during the afternoon, today
and Thursday. Patchy fog is possible early Thursday morning.
20-foot winds should exhibit some directional variability at times
due to a weak front in the area. Wind speeds will average less
than 10 mph. Minimum RHs should be lowest Thursday afternoon in
the lower 30s.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      5 PM
Sky (%).........78
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20
Temp............76
RH..............52
20 FT wind......NW 6
20 FT wind gust.10
20 FT wind dir..300
Mix hgt (ft)....3900
Transport wind..NW 12
Dispersion idx..43
LVORI...........1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........59     52     35     21     25     38
Weather cov.....S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20     20     0      0      0      0
Temp............74     67     63     58     56     54
RH..............55     73     84     96     96     100
20 FT wind......NW 5   N 0    N 0    N 0    N 0    N 0
20 FT wind gust.7      4      2      2      2      2
20 FT wind dir..300    000    000    000    000    000
Mix hgt (ft)....2500   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 9    W 7    W 5    SW 5   NE 5   NE 5
Dispersion idx..26     4      2      2      2      2
LVORI...........1      3      6      6      9      9

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........33     16     6      14     26     37
Weather cov.....PATCHY                             S CHC
Weather type....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      10     10     10     20
Temp............53     59     72     79     81     80
RH..............100    83     53     39     35     36
20 FT wind......N 0    E 2    E 3    NE 2   NW 2   W 3
20 FT wind gust.2             5      5      5      5
20 FT wind dir..000    080    110    030    300    270
Mix hgt (ft)....400    700    3000   5500   6000   6200
Transport wind..NE 5   E 6    E 5    N 3    W 3    W 5
Dispersion idx..2      3      2      23     25     35
LVORI...........9      5      2      2      2      2

$$
Forecaster...Satterwhite
Requested by...Sean Snyder
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412043.1/BMX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
