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Spot Forecast for Little Hope...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
305 AM CDT Tue Sep 30 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on September 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Above normal high temperatures with continued drought conditions
will persist across the area. RH values will drop into the mid to
upper 40 percent range across the local area during the mid to late
afternoon hours under partly cloudy skies. Dry conditions are
forecast through much of this week with no beneficial widespread
significant rainfall expected. Transport winds will be light from
the east.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....3 increasing to 32 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 48 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 67 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 57 decreasing to 47 late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26  23  29  37  40  40  43  47  45
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............70  74  78  82  84  85  85  86  85
RH..............90  79  69  61  55  51  50  48  50
20 FT wind dir..E   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE  NE
20 FT wind dir..070 050 030 030 030 020 020 030 030
20 FT wind spd..2   3   5   5   5   5   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.0 3.2 4.5 5.6 6.0 5.6 4.7 4.3
Transp wind dir.E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.7   6   8   9   10  10  10  10  9
Dispersion idx..3   3   32  48  65  69  65  57  47
LVORI...........9   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph.
Dispersion index....23 decreasing to 2.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45  48  47  56  43  45  46  51  58  62  63  61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  80  76  74  74  72  71  71  70  69  68  67
RH..............53  60  71  76  79  81  87  87  87  93  93  97
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E
20 FT wind dir..020 020 030 050 060 060 060 060 070 080 090 080
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.9   8   7   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   8
Dispersion idx..23  3   3   0   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   4
LVORI...........1   3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   8   8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 46 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 60 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 71 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 60 decreasing to 39 late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  56  56  50  44  41  38  35  31  27  23  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............66  66  68  72  76  79  82  83  85  86  85  84
RH..............100 97  93  81  71  64  56  53  48  46  46  48
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind dir..080 080 090 090 090 090 080 080 080 070 070 070
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   10  10  8   8   7   8   8   10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.8 1.6 2.6 3.6 4.6 5.4 6.1 6.3 5.8 4.1
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  9   8
Dispersion idx..3   3   4   4   7   46  56  64  70  72  60  39
LVORI...........8   6   6   6   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Aaron
Requested by...AICC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2522703.1/BMX
.DELDT 09/30/25
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