074  
FNUS74 KMOB 201124  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR 8301 KNOB CREEK...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
624 AM CDT MON APR 20 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 20.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 88 EXPECTED TODAY OVER THE  
BURN AREA...  
 
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 94 EXPECTED TUESDAY OVER THE  
BURN AREA...  
   
DISCUSSION  
FOR TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR  
20%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 20 MPH, TRANSPORT  
WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY NORTHEASTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL  
BE GOOD. FOR TUESDAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 25%,  
20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 20 MPH, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL  
BE MOSTLY EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL  
BE GOOD.  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG IS NOT EXPECTED.  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.  
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...1707 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 17 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.EAST 5 TO 8 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....54 INCREASING TO 88 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 76 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........31 19 34 26  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0  
TEMP............65 73 78 79  
RH..............38 27 23 21  
20 FT WIND DIR..ENE ENE ENE ENE  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 18 17 14  
MIX HGT (FT)....2400 3900 5100 5500  
MIX HGT (M).....730 1190 1550 1680  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 15 12  
TRANS WIND DIR..E E E E  
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 7 5  
DISPERSION IDX..54 78 88 76  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...91 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHEAST 1 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....60 DECREASING TO 2.  
LVORI...............1 BECOMING 3.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........32 35 24 23 14 28  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............78 70 61 57 53 51  
RH..............26 36 50 55 61 66  
20 FT WIND DIR..ENE ENE NNE NE NNE NNE  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 6 6 6 7  
MIX HGT (FT)....5500 300 300 300 300 300  
MIX HGT (M).....1680 90 90 90 90 90  
TRANSP WIND DIR.ENE E NE NE NE ENE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 6 5 5 6 7  
TRANS WIND DIR..ENE E NE NE NE ENE  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 2 2 3 3  
DISPERSION IDX..60 2 2 2 3 3  
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING  
TO THE SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...1951 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 10  
TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.EAST 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE MORNING.  
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 94 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 70 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3 BECOMING 1.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........30 28 41 54 62 66  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............51 57 71 79 82 80  
RH..............68 57 38 29 27 31  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E ESE SE SSE SSE  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 6 7 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 9 13 16 17 16  
MIX HGT (FT)....400 700 2300 4600 6200 5900  
MIX HGT (M).....120 210 700 1400 1890 1800  
TRANSP WIND DIR.ENE E ESE SE SSE S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 15 16 14 12  
TRANS WIND DIR..ENE E ESE SE SSE S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 7 7 6 5  
DISPERSION IDX..4 10 47 88 94 73  
LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...22  
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON SELK  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2610817.0/MOB  
.DELDT 04/20/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL BRANDON.SELK@USDA.GOV  
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