645  
FNUS74 KMOB 181337  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CHICK 397...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
737 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 18.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, WITH RAIN RETURNING  
TO THE AREA FOR THURSDAY. DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO  
REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS ARE EXPECTED  
TO REMAIN SOUTHERLY THROUGH MID WEEK, WITH GOOD DISPERSIONS EXPECTED  
TODAY AND EXCELLENT DISPERSION EXPECTED THURSDAY.  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...OVERNIGHT FOG DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY  
THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, WITH DENSE FOG POSSIBLE AT TIMES.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.  
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH  
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...823-1433 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....47 INCREASING TO 66 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
 
TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........72 72 69 77 72 67 73 71  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............68 71 74 75 76 77 76 74  
RH..............84 71 64 60 58 56 58 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 9 8 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 17 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 20 17 17 16 16 17 13  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 9 8 8 7 7 8 6  
DISPERSION IDX..47 60 59 56 51 48 64 65  
LVORI...........4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH  
LATE IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...244-305 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....9.  
LVORI...............6.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........65 68 75 71 65 69 74 77 93 86 95 91  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10  
TEMP............71 67 66 65 64 64 63 63 63 63 62 63  
RH..............68 81 87 90 90 93 97 97 100 97 100 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 17 18 18 20 20 20 18 18 17 17 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 13 14 13 13 14 15 14 13 14 13  
TRANS WIND DIR..SSW S S S S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6  
DISPERSION IDX..8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 8  
LVORI...........3 4 5 5 5 6 8 6 8 8 8 8  
   
THURSDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...244-1707 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25  
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 4 TO 11 METERS/SECOND BECOMING 6 TO 9  
METERS/SECOND EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 9 TO 11 METERS/SECOND IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
DISPERSION INDEX....11 INCREASING TO 111 IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN  
DECREASING TO 88 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........82 85 77 69 64 58 53 47 42 36 37 37  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............63 63 66 69 72 75 78 80 81 82 80 78  
RH..............100 100 97 90 81 74 64 58 54 53 56 60  
20 FT WIND DIR..SSW S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 8 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 18 20 22 23 25 25 26 26 25 24 23  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.5 2.3 3.0 3.7 4.3 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6  
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 13 16 18 21 23 24 25 25 23 20  
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 10 9  
DISPERSION IDX..11 12 20 33 46 57 67 100 110 109 102 88  
LVORI...........7 7 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...16  
REQUESTED BY...RODNEY LANDRUM  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2603055.0/MOB  
.DELDT 02/18/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL RODNEY.LANDRUM@USDA.GOV  
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