569
FNUS74 KHUN 191023
FWSHUN
SPOT FORECAST FOR BEECH CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
523 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST AT AND AROUND THE BURN AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY. UNDER GENERALLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS
AFTERNOON SHOULD WARM TO AROUND 71 DEGREES, WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 40 PERCENT. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
BECOME SW 5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS OF 5400 FT AGL
AND SW TRANSPORT WINDS OF 8-13 MPH WILL PRODUCE GOOD SMOKE
DISPERSION RATES. TONIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH.
LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL TO AROUND 47 DEGREES, WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES RISING TO AROUND 93 PERCENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN
BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
LVORI...............2.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........49 51 38 25 12 13 22 33 20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............47 54 59 62 66 69 70 70 71
RH..............68 57 51 50 47 42 40 42 41
20 FT WIND DIR..200 210 220 220 220 230 230 230 230
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.4 1.9 3.0 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.4 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.210 210 230 240 240 260 260 260 260
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 12 12 12 12 12 10 8
DISPERSION IDX..5 8 28 44 58 66 73 70 45
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 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 (5-15 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG
OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6
TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........22 14 5 2 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 7
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG
TEMP............69 64 61 56 54 52 51 50 49 49 48 48
RH..............46 56 61 74 77 83 86 89 89 89 93 90
20 FT WIND DIR..230 200 190 190 180 180 180 170 180 180 170 170
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.260 230 200 200 200 200 190 190 190 190 190 200
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9
DISPERSION IDX..24 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
LVORI...........1 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
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
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 39 44 36 27 23 19 15 18 20 23 21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............48 47 49 55 62 67 71 74 76 77 77 75
RH..............90 91 88 78 67 59 53 48 45 44 44 46
20 FT WIND DIR..170 170 180 190 190 200 210 210 210 220 220 220
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.4 2.3 3.2 4.1 4.8 5.2 5.0 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.200 190 190 200 200 210 220 220 220 230 230 230
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 12 14 16 17 18 18 18 20 18 16
DISPERSION IDX..4 5 5 6 7 51 77 96 111 126 114 76
LVORI...........6 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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
FORECASTER...BOYD
REQUESTED BY...CRAIG
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606403.0/HUN
.DELDT 03/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KERRY.CLARK@USDA.GOV,GARY.C.MOORE@USDA.GOV
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