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FNUS74 KHUN 231657 AAA
FWSHUN
SPOT FORECAST FOR HOLMES CHAPEL...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1057 AM CST MON FEB 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ELEVATED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
(WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH), BUT THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN
THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 5-10 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH ARE THEREFORE ANTICIPATED TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. AS FOR MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY, VALUES LOOK TO DIP
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20 PERCENT RANGE TODAY OVER THE BANKHEAD
FOREST AREA. FOR THE BURN SITE SPECIFICALLY, MINIMUM RH TO 29% IS
CURRENTLY FORECAST, BUT THIS MAY DIP A LITTLE LOWER IF DRIER
CONDITIONS ARE REALIZED. LOWER RHS TO AROUND 25% ARE THEN EXPECTED
ON TUESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 17 TO 23 MPH.
LVORI...............1.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 11 2 2 3 3 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............28 30 33 34 36 37 37 37 35
RH..............46 39 33 32 30 29 29 31 33
20 FT WIND DIR..340 340 340 340 330 330 330 340 340
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 10 10 10 9 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 22 22 22 21 21 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.350 350 350 340 350 350 350 350 350
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 23 22 21 20 20 18 17
DISPERSION IDX..15 15 82 81 78 74 73 88 75
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 3 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............2 INCREASING TO 4 THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............33 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 22 21 20 20
RH..............36 42 46 52 57 60 65 68 71 74 76 76
20 FT WIND DIR..330 340 340 340 340 330 340 340 000 000 000 000
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 13 12 10 10 9 8 6 6 5 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.340 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 340 350 350
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 3
DISPERSION IDX..14 13 12 8 6 6 4 3 3 3 2 2
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 2 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 12 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............3 DECREASING TO 1 THROUGH NOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 4 9 24 26 31 49 31 35 40 33 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............20 22 26 33 38 42 45 50 51 51 52 50
RH..............76 72 61 45 37 32 29 25 24 24 25 28
20 FT WIND DIR..000 000 170 180 190 200 210 210 210 210 210 200
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 1 2 3 5 6 6 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 7 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.1 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.4 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.320 180 200 210 220 220 210 200 200 200 200 190
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 2 5 7 9 12 13 16 17 17 20 16
DISPERSION IDX..2 1 2 3 4 32 38 52 58 58 60 24
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...AMIOT
REQUESTED BY...CLARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603522.0/HUN
.DELDT 02/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KERRY.CLARK@USDA.GOV
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