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Spot Forecast for Bobo Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
449 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on September 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Rain and storm chances will increase this afternoon and again on
Saturday afternoon, with a medium to high chance of precipitation
expected. Temperatures reaching the mid to upper 80s. RH should
stay above 55%, and gusty and erratic winds will possible near or
in any thunderstorms that develop.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then
                    showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the
                    morning, then increasing to 60 percent early in
                    the afternoon decreasing to 50 percent late in
                    the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....3 increasing to 22 late in the morning.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........68  66  67  66  75  91  93  93  92  92  96
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............10  10  10  20  20  20  60  60  60  50  50
Temp............71  74  78  83  85  86  87  85  84  83  81
RH..............100 93  85  72  67  65  61  65  67  72  77
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind dir..170 200 210 200 190 180 180 190 190 180 160
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   2   2   2   3   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.2   2   4   4   5   6   7   7   8   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.9 1.4 2.2 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.1 2.6 2.1 1.9
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.3   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   7   7
Dispersion idx..2   2   2   3   22  24  25  26  26  19  17
LVORI...........7   7   7   3   3   3   2   2   2   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................50 percent increasing to 60 percent in the
                    evening, then decreasing to 50 percent
                    overnight increasing to 60 percent after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 69.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....4.
LVORI...............7.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........96  96  99  97  84  74  70  77  84  89  93  93
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............50  60  60  60  60  60  60  50  50  50  60  60
Temp............79  76  74  73  73  73  72  72  71  71  71  71
RH..............82  90  97  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind dir..150 150 130 140 140 150 160 150 160 160 180 180
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.7   7   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   7   7   6
Dispersion idx..4   3   3   4   3   4   3   3   4   3   3   3
LVORI...........4   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Showers and chance of
                    thunderstorms.
CWR.................60 percent increasing to 90 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....3 increasing to 19 late in the morning, then
                    decreasing to 8 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92  92  94  96  91  94  89  85  83  82  82  81
Weather cov.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............60  80  80  80  80  80  80  90  90  90  90  90
Temp............71  70  72  74  77  79  81  82  82  82  83  82
RH..............100 100 100 97  90  85  79  74  74  74  72  74
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind dir..180 200 200 200 220 210 220 230 230 230 220 220
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.3 1.8 1.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   7   7   8   8   7   7   7   7   6
Dispersion idx..3   3   3   3   3   21  21  19  20  20  16  8
LVORI...........9   9   9   9   4   4   4   3   3   3   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Robinson
Requested by...Nichols
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621572.2/BMX
.DELDT 09/11/26
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