916
FNUS74 KMOB 051303
FWSMOB
SPOT FORECAST FOR 5 ACRES...AFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
703 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON MARCH 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. THERE IS A 40% CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY. BEST CHANCES LOOK TO
BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY AND A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FOR TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS NEAR 65%, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTHERLY TO
SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE FAIR. FOR
FRIDAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 65%, 20 FT WIND
GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 20 MPH, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY
SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL
BE GENERALLY GOOD.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE DEVELOPING
NEAR THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING. FOG SHOULD CLEAR BY THE MID-
MORNING HOURS. AREAS OF FOG, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE DENSE, ARE
POSSIBLE AT THE BURN SITE THURSDAY NIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...488-945 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 10 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....22 INCREASING TO 31 LATE IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............4.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........63 49 48 40 38 36 36 39 41
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............67 71 76 78 78 80 78 78 76
RH..............90 81 71 67 67 65 69 69 74
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SSE SSE SSE S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 9 9 8 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.0 2.6 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
DISPERSION IDX..18 26 28 33 33 33 32 34 30
LVORI...........4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). AREAS OF DENSE
FOG OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...183-366 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 12 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 4 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....7.
LVORI...............6.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........50 47 57 81 85 92 91 92 88 88 90 94
WEATHER COV..... ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG RNF
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
TEMP............72 70 68 67 67 66 66 67 67 66 66 65
RH..............81 90 93 97 97 100 100 97 97 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SE ESE SE SE SSE SE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 10 9 12 12 12 10 9 12 12
TRANS WIND DIR..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SE ESE SE SE SSE SE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5
DISPERSION IDX..7 6 6 7 6 7 8 7 6 6 7 7
LVORI...........4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...274-1036 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....15 INCREASING TO 23 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 33 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 48 IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 51 DECREASING TO 42 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........92 90 82 74 68 61 55 54 54 53 53 52
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNF RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40 40 40
TEMP............66 66 68 71 74 76 78 80 80 80 78 76
RH..............100 100 97 93 87 82 76 72 69 69 74 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 13 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 16 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.1 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.ESE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S SSE SSE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 15 17 20 21 22 22 21 18 16 14
TRANS WIND DIR..ESE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SSE S S SSE SSE
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 7 6
DISPERSION IDX..13 16 23 33 43 44 50 52 54 47 44 40
LVORI...........5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 3 3
FORECASTER...96
REQUESTED BY...RICKEY FIELDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604835.1/MOB
.DELDT 03/05/26
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