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FNUS72 KTAE 230608
FWSTAE
SPOT FORECAST FOR FORESTRY ACADEMY SESSION 1...ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
208 AM EDT THU OCT 23 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON OCTOBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (850) 942-8833, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
THE MAIN FIRE WEATHER CONCERN BOTH TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW WILL
BE THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 20%.
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT, GRADUALLY TURNING FROM THE
N/NE TODAY TO MORE OF AN E FLOW ON FRIDAY. WHILE THERE'S STILL
CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY FORECAST FRIDAY, THE E FLOW WILL KICK OFF
A GRADUAL MOISTENING TREND THAT SHOULD SEE RH IMPROVE EACH DAY
OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT MEANINGFUL
CHANCE FOR RAIN AT THE SITE WON'T BE UNTIL LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.
LVORI...............2.
DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 51.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 12 12 13 13 13 16 16 16 25 25 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 47 45 50 59 66 70 73 76 77 78 79
RH..............68 68 76 66 47 38 31 27 22 22 21 21
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.5 2.3 3.2 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 9 10 12 12 10 10 10 9 9
DISPERSION......8 8 8 22 22 22 47 47 47 54 54 54
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
LVORI...............2.
DISPERSION INDEX....33 DECREASING TO 3 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........16 16 16 16 16 16 9 9 9 16 16 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 73 68 62 60 58 57 56 54 52 51 51
RH..............24 29 37 48 51 53 55 57 61 66 66 66
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE E NE N N NE N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
DISPERSION......33 33 33 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LVORI...............2.
DISPERSION INDEX....12 INCREASING TO 64.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............50 50 50 54 61 69 74 78 80 82 82 81
RH..............68 68 68 59 51 42 34 29 26 24 24 25
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 8 9 12 13 13 13 13 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.5 3.8 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE E E E E E E NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10
DISPERSION......7 7 7 16 16 16 51 51 51 64 64 64
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...MERRIFIELD
REQUESTED BY...ETHAN BARRETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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