746  
FNUS74 KMOB 221014  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO BB 7310...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
514 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 22.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 87 EXPECTED TODAY OVER THE  
BURN AREA...  
 
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 90 EXPECTED THURSDAY OVER THE  
BURN AREA...  
   
DISCUSSION
 
FOR TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR  
40%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 20 MPH, TRANSPORT WINDS  
WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY, AND DISPERSION  
VALUES WILL BE GOOD. FOR THURSDAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
IS NEAR 40%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 25 MPH, TRANSPORT  
WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY, AND  
DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GOOD.  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT  
INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...2012 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 13  
TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTH LATE IN THE MORNING..  
DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 87 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING  
TO 62 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4 BECOMING 1.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........52 53 53 55 48  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10  
TEMP............60 72 78 80 80  
RH..............78 49 43 41 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..E ESE SSE SSE SSE  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 7 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 14 17 20 18  
MIX HGT (FT)....500 3400 5600 6600 4300  
MIX HGT (M).....150 1040 1710 2010 1310  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SSE SSE S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 15 15 14 13  
TRANS WIND DIR..E SSE SSE S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 7 7 6 6  
DISPERSION IDX..6 66 87 73 62  
LVORI...........4 1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG  
AFTER 3 AM.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...91 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 13 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....62 DECREASING TO 3.  
LVORI...............1 BECOMING 9.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........50 43 25 23 3 5  
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............77 70 65 63 61 60  
RH..............48 73 90 93 97 96  
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE SE ESE  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 6 5 3 3 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 14 12 12 10 7  
MIX HGT (FT)....4300 400 400 400 300 300  
MIX HGT (M).....1310 120 120 120 90 90  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 8 9 8 7  
TRANS WIND DIR..S SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE  
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 5 4 4 4 3  
DISPERSION IDX..62 6 4 4 3 3  
LVORI...........1 3 6 6 9 9  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE  
MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.  
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...1951 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 90.  
LVORI...............9 BECOMING 1.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........13 16 16 13 10 8  
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............59 62 73 79 82 83  
RH..............100 97 66 49 43 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..ESE ESE SE SE SSE SSE  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 7 7 8 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 12 16 18 21 21  
MIX HGT (FT)....300 900 3300 5400 6400 5900  
MIX HGT (M).....90 270 1010 1650 1950 1800  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SSE SSE S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 12 13 13 14  
TRANS WIND DIR..SE SE SE SSE SSE S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 5 6 6 6  
DISPERSION IDX..3 10 46 79 90 85  
LVORI...........9 7 1 1 1 1  
 

 
FORECASTER...22  
REQUESTED BY...JODY ROGERS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2611237.0/MOB  
.DELDT 04/22/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOSEPH.ROGERS@USDA.GOV  
 
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