146  
FNUS74 KHUN 131023  
FWSHUN  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MONTGOMERY CREEK...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL  
523 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 13.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ANOTHER WARM AND DRY DAY, WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 82 DEGREES.  
HOWEVER, A GRADUAL UPTICK IN MOISTURE TODAY WILL KEEP MIN RH VALUES  
AROUND 37 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. GENERALLY, 20 FT WINDS WILL REMAIN  
UNDER 10 MPH (OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST), BUT A FEW LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO  
15-20 MPH MAY OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON. GOOD RECOVERIES ARE FORECAST  
TONIGHT, BUT RH VALUES WILL RUN SLIGHTLY LOWER ON TUESDAY (DROPPING  
TO AROUND 32 PERCENT). 20 FT WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SW ON TUESDAY  
AND UNDER 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL CLIMB ABOVE 5 KFT BOTH DAYS,  
CREATING VERY GOOD DISPERSION VALUES.  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.  
RH..................74 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE  
SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE  
IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5200 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH.  
LVORI...............2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........67 63 64 47 43 50 44 35 31 32  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............62 65 70 74 76 78 80 81 81 82  
RH..............74 71 61 55 50 47 42 39 39 37  
20 FT WIND DIR..200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 190 190  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 20 20 18 18 18 17 17 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 2.0 2.6 3.5 4.4 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.210 200 210 210 200 200 200 200 200 200  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 16 16 16 17 16 17 17 17  
DISPERSION IDX..12 12 22 69 84 98 93 102 102 97  
LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61.  
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH.  
LVORI...............3.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........23 25 16 14 10 11 10 14 16 10 5 9  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............80 76 74 70 69 67 67 66 66 65 63 63  
RH..............38 42 48 55 57 63 65 68 68 73 77 79  
20 FT WIND DIR..190 180 180 190 180 190 190 190 190 200 210 210  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 14 15 15 15 16 15 16 16 17 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.190 190 190 190 190 190 190 200 200 200 210 200  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 12 12 12 10 13 13 14 14 15 15 13  
DISPERSION IDX..69 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 6  
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4  
CWR.............10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85.  
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH.  
LVORI...............3.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........15 16 23 30 36 33 30 27 25 23 21 19  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............63 61 64 69 74 78 81 82 84 85 85 84  
RH..............79 82 77 67 58 51 44 40 36 33 32 32  
20 FT WIND DIR..200 200 210 210 210 210 200 200 200 200 200 200  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.6 4.4 5.1 5.7 5.9 5.6 4.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.200 200 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 200 200 200  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 16 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 15  
DISPERSION IDX..6 6 7 8 8 75 84 94 103 107 101 73  
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 
 
FORECASTER...PRITCHETT  
REQUESTED BY...CRAIG  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2609830.4/HUN  
.DELDT 04/13/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL GARY.C.MOORE@USDA.GOV,JESSE.FREEMAN-ERBIN@USDA.GOV,KERRY.CLARK@USDA.GOV  
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