260  
FNUS74 KMOB 201018  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CHICK CPT 451 452...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
518 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 20.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT  
COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE IS A 40% CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY AND A 60%  
CHANCE OF RAIN THURSDAY. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
VALUES WILL RANGE AROUND 50% THIS AFTERNOON WITH TRANSPORT WINDS  
MOSTLY SOUTHERLY. WINDS MAY BECOME MORE WESTERLY WITH SHOWERS AND  
STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE  
GENERALLY GOOD. FOR THURSDAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE  
WILL BE AROUND 65%. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTHERLY TO  
SOUTH- SOUTHEASTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GENERALLY  
GOOD. MAX LVORI VALUES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE AROUND 6 TO  
7.  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG IS NOT EXPECTED.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.  
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...945-1341 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 10 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....42 DECREASING TO 36 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........44 49 52 45 58 60 67  
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 30 30 30 40 40  
TEMP............84 86 87 87 88 87 87  
RH..............63 57 53 53 52 55 55  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 5 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 8 8 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.0  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SSW S SSW SSW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 8 8 8 8  
TRANS WIND DIR..S S SSW S SSW SSW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
DISPERSION IDX..41 46 46 43 37 34 38  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG  
AFTER 3 AM.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.  
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1219 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 1 TO 3 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....33 DECREASING TO 2.  
LVORI...............4.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........67 71 76 67 68 67 77 65 62 62 61 57  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RNF RNF  
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 30 30 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............85 81 77 75 74 73 73 72 72 72 71 71  
RH..............59 69 79 84 87 90 87 90 90 87 90 90  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW WSW SSW SSW S SSW SSE SSE S S S SSE  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 7 6 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
MIX HGT (KM)....1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SSW SSW S S S SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 3 3 3  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW SSW SSW S S S SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1  
DISPERSION IDX..33 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1  
LVORI...........1 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY  
IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY  
IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING,  
THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.  
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1585 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 1 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 15 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 32 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 45 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 37.  
LVORI...............4.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........69 66 68 60 58 55 65 68 67 67 63 71  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RNF RNF RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 30 30 30 60 60 60 60 60  
TEMP............71 72 73 74 79 82 84 85 85 86 84 84  
RH..............90 90 90 90 77 69 65 63 63 63 67 70  
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE S SSW S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 6 7 9 10 10 12 13 13 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.2 3.2 4.1 4.5 5.2 4.7 3.4 3.4  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSW SSW SSW S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 5 7 7 8 8 8 10 12 9 10  
TRANS WIND DIR..S SSW SSW SSW S S S S S S S S  
TRANS SPD (M/S).1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4  
DISPERSION IDX..1 3 5 11 19 30 32 34 44 46 33 41  
LVORI...........7 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3  
 

 
FORECASTER...8  
REQUESTED BY...RODNEY LANDRUM  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2614061.0/MOB  
.DELDT 05/20/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL RODNEY.LANDRUM@USDA.GOV  
 
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