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FNUS74 KHUN 270647  
FWSHUN  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TURKEY CREEK...FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL  
147 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0000 CDT ON MARCH 27.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH  
SATURDAY EVENING...  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS,  
ALONG WITH A LIGHT SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WIND OF 5-10 MPH. ALTHOUGH SOME  
PATCHY MIST AND LIGHT FOG MAY TEND TO DEVELOP IN WIND-PROTECTED  
VALLEY LOCATIONS BETWEEN 7-8 AM CDT, THE OVERALL PROBABILITY FOR  
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IS RATHER LOW. SURFACE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO  
THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AFTER SUNRISE, WITH A SHARPER WIND SHIFT TO  
NORTH-NORTHWEST (AND INCREASE IN SPEEDS/GUSTS) EXPECTED EARLY THIS  
AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL  
ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT, WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAINFALL  
ALSO EXPECTED IN ITS WAKE. HOWEVER, RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE  
LIGHT, AND CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINFALL ARE IN THE 20-40% RANGE.  
   
REST OF TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 15 MPH.  
LVORI...............4.  
 
TIME (CDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........3 3 4 3 4 12  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............66 65 64 63 62 62  
RH..............73 75 81 81 87 87  
20 FT WIND DIR..200 210 210 210 220 220  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 15 16 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.210 220 220 220 220 230  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 13 13 12 13  
DISPERSION IDX..7 6 6 6 5 6  
LVORI...........3 4 4 4 5 5  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY  
CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTH AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 23 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 15 TO  
22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........23 19 14 13 10 30 61 69 75 79 92 90  
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW  
TEMP............61 61 63 66 72 76 76 78 77 76 73 66  
RH..............89 89 86 76 59 54 54 49 49 52 54 63  
20 FT WIND DIR..230 230 240 240 250 260 270 290 300 320 340 350  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 20 21 23  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.8 1.6 1.9 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.2 2.9 2.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.250 250 260 260 260 280 280 280 290 320 340 000  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 16 20 17 18 16 16 15 15 20 22  
DISPERSION IDX..6 6 7 9 8 76 59 60 54 50 61 45  
LVORI...........5 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 30  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 30  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.  
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 13 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
30 MPH.  
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 25 TO 33 MPH.  
LVORI...............2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........91 90 92 85 86 72 63 55 35 15 8 7  
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW  
TEMP............62 58 56 54 53 51 50 49 47 45 43 40  
RH..............70 77 77 77 74 74 71 68 68 68 67 66  
20 FT WIND DIR..000 000 000 010 010 010 010 010 010 020 020 020  
20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 15 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.26 28 29 28 28 29 29 28 29 30 30 30  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.000 010 010 020 010 010 020 020 020 020 030 030  
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 25 28 30 30 31 31 30 32 33 32 31  
DISPERSION IDX..52 48 53 60 60 62 42 40 43 45 43 42  
LVORI...........1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3  
CWR.............30 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.  
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH  
IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 23 TO 32 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10  
MPH.  
LVORI...............2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........4 3 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............40 39 38 41 46 50 54 58 61 62 63 62  
RH..............63 60 58 49 38 32 27 25 22 21 22 23  
20 FT WIND DIR..030 030 030 030 030 030 040 040 040 050 050 050  
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 9 8 7 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.29 28 28 26 25 24 22 21 20 17 16 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.6 2.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.040 040 040 040 040 040 050 050 050 060 060 060  
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 23 31 32 29 26 24 22 20 16 14 10  
DISPERSION IDX..27 26 42 43 19 84 95 91 88 74 60 35  
LVORI...........3 1 1 1 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...DIXON  
REQUESTED BY...ALABAMA INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2608101.0/HUN  
.DELDT 03/27/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ALAIC@FIRENET.GOV  
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