280  
FNUS74 KHUN 021224  
FWSHUN  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR STRAW RIDDLE...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL  
624 AM CST MON FEB 2 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 02.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
NO PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT AT THE BURN SITE;  
HOWEVER, CHANCES OF RAIN RETURN ON TUESDAY (60-90% BY THE  
AFTERNOON). MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD HOVER AROUND  
40% TODAY. BY TUESDAY, MINIMUM RH VALUES RISE WELL ABOVE ANY  
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. MIXING HEIGHTS UP TO 3000 FEET ARE  
ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. LOWER HEIGHTS TO AROUND 2000 FEET AT  
BEST ARE THEN EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE WESTERLY TO  
SOUTHWESTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS BETWEEN 15-20 MPH ARE FORECAST TODAY  
AND TUESDAY, 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 10 MPH AT  
THE BURN SITE BOTH DAYS.  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.  
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH  
LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST  
AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2 DECREASING TO 1 THROUGH NOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........4 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............32 37 42 46 48 48 50 48 45  
RH..............61 52 45 42 41 41 41 45 53  
20 FT WIND DIR..220 230 240 240 240 240 240 240 230  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 5 5 5 3 2 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 13 13 12 13 12 10 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.2 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.240 260 250 260 260 260 260 250 230  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 15 17 16 16 17 13 7  
DISPERSION IDX..5 7 42 57 56 57 64 35 3  
LVORI...........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.  
LVORI...............3 INCREASING TO 6 THROUGH MID-EVENING THEN  
INCREASING TO 9 THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........3 3 4 5 13 27 34 67 58 70 65 73  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............40 36 35 33 33 33 32 32 32 31 32 32  
RH..............67 75 78 89 85 89 94 91 91 100 95 98  
20 FT WIND DIR..000 000 000 200 190 180 180 180 180 180 180 180  
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.230 220 210 210 210 210 210 220 210 210 210 210  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 9 10 10 10 12 10 10 12 12  
DISPERSION IDX..2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5  
LVORI...........3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................90 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH.  
LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 3 THROUGH MID-MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 5 BY MID-AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........64 71 76 81 82 82 83 86 88 91 91 92  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............32 34 38 43 48 52 54 54 53 52 51 49  
RH..............98 92 88 85 78 72 69 71 77 83 90 96  
20 FT WIND DIR..180 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 210 210 210 220  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 16 15 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.210 210 220 220 220 210 210 220 230 230 230 230  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 15 18 20 20 18 17 15 13 12 12  
DISPERSION IDX..5 6 7 12 13 34 33 28 20 13 11 10  
LVORI...........6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 90 90 90 90 90 90  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 90 90 90 90 90 90  
 
 
FORECASTER...AMIOT  
REQUESTED BY...CRAIG  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2601477.0/HUN  
.DELDT 02/02/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL GARY.C.MOORE@USDA.GOV  
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