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SPOT FORECAST FOR BANKHEAD NIGHT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
227 PM CST WED JAN 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
INCREASING RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR THE BANKHEAD SITE.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE PERIOD. WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH BY TOMORROW MORNING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....35 DECREASING TO 10 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
TIME (CST) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........73 81 86
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 20
TEMP............55 53 50
RH..............34 38 46
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S
20 FT WIND DIR..180 180 180
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.13 11 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 1.0 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 12 9
DISPERSION IDX..35 14 5
LVORI...........2 2 2
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN
THE EVENING, THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 6
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........86 86 87 90 91 90 91 91 91 91 91 92
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............40 40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 70 70 70
TEMP............48 46 45 45 44 43 43 43 44 43 43 43
RH..............49 56 58 63 68 73 76 79 82 89 93 93
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW N NW
20 FT WIND DIR..170 170 170 170 180 170 190 190 180 210 340 330
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6
DISPERSION IDX..0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3
LVORI...........2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY IN
THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............7.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........95 95 92 92 92 93 91 85 79 76 73 72
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............60 60 60 60 60 60 40 40 40 20 20 20
TEMP............42 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 49 48
RH..............100 100 100 96 96 93 89 86 80 80 83 89
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND DIR..060 050 040 050 060 040 050 040 040 040 040 050
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 6
DISPERSION IDX..2 2 3 3 2 2 3 5 4 5 2 0
LVORI...........9 9 9 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
FORECASTER...OWEN
REQUESTED BY...SEAN SNYDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600808.0/BMX
.DELDT 01/21/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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