343  
FNUS74 KMOB 110941  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR YRS04OPP0108W...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
441 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON MARCH 11.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 93 EXPECTED TODAY OVER THE BURN  
AREA...  
 
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 93 EXPECTED THURSDAY OVER THE  
BURN AREA...  
   
DISCUSSION  
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BURN SITE THROUGH  
THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR  
SEVERE STORMS, WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  
DRY CONDITIONS RETURN FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A 90%  
CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT. FOR TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
IS NEAR 55%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 25 MPH, TRANSPORT  
WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTHERLY TO SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY, AND  
DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GOOD (AROUND 90-95). FOR THURSDAY, THE  
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 45%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP  
TO NEAR 25-30 MPH, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY NORTHERLY, AND  
DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GOOD (AROUND 90-95).  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT REMAINS  
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ANY FOG THAT DOES DEVELOP SHOULD DISSIPATE  
BY MID MORNING.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY  
IN THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...274-1554 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 23 MPH  
LATE IN THE MORNING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 10 METERS/SECOND INCREASING TO 9 TO  
10 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE MORNING.  
DISPERSION INDEX....14 INCREASING TO 89.  
LVORI...............5.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........86 77 72 70 62 61 53 45 42 41 49  
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10  
TEMP............65 67 69 73 76 79 82 82 82 83 82  
RH..............100 100 97 84 76 67 58 58 58 55 58  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 6 7 9 10 10 12 12 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 15 17 21 23 24 25 25 23 23  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.3 2.4 3.0 3.8 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.9  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 10 14 17 21 21 23 23 23 22 21  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 9  
DISPERSION IDX..10 17 39 40 54 79 89 92 93 87 85  
LVORI...........8 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS AND CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH  
EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN 20 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING, THEN THEN 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...396-1494 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE  
WEST AROUND 7 METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE  
MORNING.  
DISPERSION INDEX....88 DECREASING TO 11.  
LVORI...............4.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........47 51 63 78 72 82 76 87 86 82 82 84  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 20 60 60 60 90 90  
TEMP............79 77 73 72 71 71 71 71 70 69 69 65  
RH..............64 71 84 87 93 93 93 93 97 100 93 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW WSW WSW  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.21 18 20 18 17 17 18 17 17 18 18 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.9 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3  
MIX HGT (KM)....1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SW WSW W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 16 16 14 13 14 15 16 15 18 15 15  
TRANS WIND DIR..SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SW WSW W  
TRANS SPD (M/S).9 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7  
DISPERSION IDX..88 12 11 9 10 10 10 11 11 12 11 13  
LVORI...........1 3 4 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 5 5  
   
THURSDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN  
SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.  
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTH 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY  
IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...427-1158 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 21 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 21  
TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 9 TO 11 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....19 INCREASING TO 40 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 52 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 75 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 89  
DECREASING TO 77 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........89 90 89 83 76 64 51 39 29 20 10 8  
WEATHER COV.....DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).90 60 60 60 60 60 60 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............63 61 56 57 60 62 64 65 66 65 64 62  
RH..............100 100 100 96 84 72 63 56 50 48 46 48  
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NNW NNW N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 23 24 25 26 26 26 26 25 24 23  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.WNW NNW N N N N N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 21  
TRANS WIND DIR..WNW NNW N N N N N N N N N N  
TRANS SPD (M/S).9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9  
DISPERSION IDX..19 36 39 43 50 54 74 76 84 93 90 77  
LVORI...........5 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...96  
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN MOCK  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2605343.0/MOB  
.DELDT 03/11/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOSEPH.K.MOCK@USDA.GOV  
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