996  
FNUS74 KMOB 191116  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR BB 8302 WEST...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
616 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 19.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 79 EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER  
THE BURN AREA...  
   
DISCUSSION  
DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS THE BURN AREA  
THROUGH FRIDAY. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROP TO  
AROUND 26% TODAY AND 38% FRIDAY. TRANSPORT WINDS REMAIN OUT OF  
THE WEST TODAY AT 5 TO 10 MPH, SHIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THIS  
EVENING. SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. PEAK WIND  
GUSTS EACH AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH. AFTERNOON DISPERSIONS  
ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY GOOD TODAY AND GOOD ON FRIDAY.  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG IS NOT EXPECTED AT THE BURN  
SITE.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.  
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...91-1798 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.WEST 2 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 57.  
LVORI...............3.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........30 17 4 3 3  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............45 59 67 73 74  
RH..............79 51 32 26 28  
20 FT WIND DIR..WSW WSW WSW W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 3 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 9 10 10  
MIX HGT (FT)....300 1200 3600 5100 5900  
MIX HGT (M).....90 370 1100 1550 1800  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W WNW WNW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 7 7 8  
TRANS WIND DIR..W W W WNW WNW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).2 2 3 3 4  
DISPERSION IDX..4 9 33 47 60  
LVORI...........4 2 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...91-1798 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO  
7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.WEST AROUND 3 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
DISPERSION INDEX....51 DECREASING TO 3.  
LVORI...............5.  
STABILITY CLASS.....4.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........5 4 8 3 1 0  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............72 65 57 54 52 50  
RH..............34 50 69 77 86 96  
20 FT WIND DIR..W SSW S SSW SSW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 8 8 7 7  
MIX HGT (FT)....5900 300 300 300 300 300  
MIX HGT (M).....1800 90 90 90 90 90  
TRANSP WIND DIR.WNW SSW S SW WSW WSW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 7 7 7 7  
TRANS WIND DIR..WNW SSW S SW WSW WSW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 3 3 3  
DISPERSION IDX..51 3 3 3 3 3  
LVORI...........1 2 3 4 6 8  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.  
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.  
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...91-1859 METERS AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 1 TO 5 METERS/SECOND.  
DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 79.  
LVORI...............5.  
STABILITY CLASS.....2.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........5 14 4 8 11 13  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............50 53 65 73 78 81  
RH..............96 89 73 53 42 38  
20 FT WIND DIR..WSW WSW WSW SW SSW SSW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 6 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 8 9 12 13  
MIX HGT (FT)....300 400 1200 3700 5700 5900  
MIX HGT (M).....90 120 370 1130 1740 1800  
TRANSP WIND DIR.WSW W W WSW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 3 6 8 10  
TRANS WIND DIR..WSW W W WSW SW SW  
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 2 1 3 4 4  
DISPERSION IDX..3 4 5 25 54 71  
LVORI...........8 6 3 2 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...25  
REQUESTED BY...JODY ROGERS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2606318.0/MOB  
.DELDT 03/19/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOSEPH.ROGERS@USDA.GOV  
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