062
FNUS74 KHUN 040958
FWSHUN
SPOT FORECAST FOR GENE HILL...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
358 AM CST WED MAR 4 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH TODAY ALONG WITH CLOUDY SKIES DURING
THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. AT IGNITION TIME, MIXING HEIGHTS ARE
FORECAST TO BE 1700FT ALONG WITH SSE TRANSPORT WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO 3000FT BY NOON AS TRANSPORT WINDS SHIFT
DUE SOUTHERLY AT 13-15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW
3000FT BETWEEN 4-5 PM CT WITH TRANSPORT WINDS REMAINING AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN UNDER 1000FT THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
RH..................83 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5300 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH.
LVORI...............3.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........64 57 68 60 50 54 61 55 43
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............62 65 68 72 74 74 75 74 73
RH..............83 75 66 57 54 51 50 51 53
20 FT WIND DIR..170 180 190 190 190 200 200 190 180
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 15 16 15 15 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 2.3 2.8 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.3 4.3 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 180 180 190 190 200 190 180
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 13 14 15 16 16 14 12
DISPERSION IDX..8 8 29 36 75 49 50 40 38
LVORI...........4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58.
RH..................MAX 99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH.
LVORI...............6.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........36 32 16 15 26 28 37 39 40 60 55 59
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............70 67 64 63 62 62 61 60 61 60 59 58
RH..............61 68 75 75 80 80 83 85 85 91 95 99
20 FT WIND DIR..170 160 160 160 160 170 170 180 180 180 180 180
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 13 14 14 15 16 15 15 15 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 160 160 160 160 160 170 170 170 170 180
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
DISPERSION IDX..13 10 7 7 7 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
LVORI...........3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80.
RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 16
TO 24 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 14 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........61 60 61 61 58 56 53 54 54 55 50 46
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............58 58 61 66 70 73 76 78 79 79 78 76
RH..............99 99 92 78 68 59 52 47 44 43 45 50
20 FT WIND DIR..180 180 190 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 190
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 3
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 14 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.7 4.4 4.9 5.1 4.7 3.5 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.180 180 190 190 190 200 210 210 210 210 210 200
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 14 17 21 23 24 24 22 20 16 14
DISPERSION IDX..4 5 9 12 14 61 70 73 67 58 69 35
LVORI...........9 9 9 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FORECASTER...CRAMER
REQUESTED BY...CLARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604664.0/HUN
.DELDT 03/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KERRY.CLARK@USDA.GOV,GARY.C.MOORE@USDA.GOV
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