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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHOOTING RANGE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 AM CST WED JAN 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 CST ON JANUARY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
RAINY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AT THE BURN SITE. TWO ROUNDS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THE FIRST MOVING IN DURING THE MORNING AND THE SECOND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. GENERALLY WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHERLY
TO NORTHWESTERLY AS WE APPROACH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
COLD AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH MINRHS DROPPING INTO THE MID 20%
RANGE. GIVEN THE SHARP CHANGE IN AIR MASS, MIN RHS COULD DROP NEARER TO 25% BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
MORNING, THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT LATE IN THE
MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........94 86 85 89 92 97
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............30 30 20 50 50 60
TEMP............42 43 48 50 50 49
RH..............73 82 80 77 77 80
20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 5 SW 7 SW 7 W 7 W 7
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 14 16 14
20 FT WIND DIR..230 220 230 240 250 270
MIX HGT (FT)....700 800 1600 2400 2400 2000
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 12 SW 13 SW 14 W 17 W 17 W 16
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 22.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 TO 25 MPH.
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........95 92 76 56 49 40
WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 40 37 32 29 26
RH..............93 92 82 82 72 68
20 FT WIND......NW 5 N 8 N 9 N 9 N 9 N 9
20 FT WIND GUST.13 17 19 20 20 20
20 FT WIND DIR..300 340 340 340 340 340
MIX HGT (FT)....1400 2000 3300 2300 2800 2500
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 18 N 23 N 25 N 23 N 24 N 22
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
19 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH.
TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........33 20 6 4 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............24 25 30 35 37 35
RH..............65 62 46 35 29 32
20 FT WIND......N 8 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 NW 7 NW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.19 18 18 16 16 13
20 FT WIND DIR..340 330 320 310 310 310
MIX HGT (FT)....2400 2600 3200 4100 4400 3300
TRANSPORT WIND..N 22 N 21 NW 21 NW 22 NW 23 NW 18
FORECASTER...OWEN
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600076.0/BMX
.DELDT 01/14/26
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