


Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
729 FNUS74 KBMX 070917 FWSBMX Spot Forecast for Odum Point WF...USFS National Weather Service Birmingham AL 417 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on October 07. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Conditions within the Cheaha Wilderness today will consist of broken to overcast conditions early this morning with ceilings between 1500 and 2000 feet through 8am. Ceilings are expected to rise by the mid-morning hours with 20ft southeasterly winds greatly reduced compared to previous days, only between 5 and 10mph. In addition to the reduction of winds, RH values will remain elevated in the 60s during the afternoon. Although scattered showers and perhaps a thunderstorm is forecast in the vicinity of Cheaha through the day today, no wetting rainfall is expected. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of showers in the late morning and afternoon. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent in the late morning and afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 79. Min humidity........62 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 15 mph. Dispersion index....12 increasing to 27 late in the morning, then decreasing to 17 late in the afternoon. LVORI...............4. TIME (CDT) 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P Sky (%).........72 65 59 58 57 54 55 63 59 51 46 44 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CWR.............10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............66 65 67 68 71 73 75 76 77 77 78 76 RH..............97 100 90 87 79 73 66 64 64 64 62 66 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S 20 FT wind dir..130 130 130 140 140 150 160 160 160 170 160 160 20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 3 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 10 12 11 10 10 10 8 8 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.4 1.7 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.13 12 15 15 14 14 12 12 10 12 9 8 Dispersion idx..11 10 13 13 12 27 26 29 25 27 27 17 LVORI...........5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of showers through the night. Slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. CWR.................20 percent increasing to 30 percent early in the evening, then decreasing to 20 percent late in the evening increasing to 30 percent overnight. Min temperature.....Around 66. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......0 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest around 5 mph early in the morning. Dispersion index....2. LVORI...............6. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID Sky (%).........47 47 46 45 43 47 52 61 65 72 73 77 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CWR.............20 30 30 30 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 Temp............77 73 70 69 68 69 68 68 67 67 67 67 RH..............64 76 90 97 97 97 97 97 100 100 100 100 20 FT wind dir..S SE S S S S S S S S S SW 20 FT wind dir..160 150 160 180 160 180 180 170 190 190 200 230 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S SW Transp wind spd.8 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 5 5 Dispersion idx..3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 LVORI...........2 6 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers early in the morning, then slight chance of showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 77. Min humidity........64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 5 mph shifting to the north 6 to 9 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Dispersion index....3 increasing to 16 late in the morning. LVORI...............6. TIME (CDT) 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P Sky (%).........79 72 70 70 70 68 67 66 62 58 54 52 Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CWR.............30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............66 67 68 70 72 74 74 74 75 76 76 74 RH..............100 100 97 90 81 74 74 71 66 64 64 69 20 FT wind dir..SW SW N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind dir..240 240 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 000 000 000 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.5 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 11 12 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.6 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.5 Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.5 5 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 Dispersion idx..2 2 2 2 4 12 16 16 19 18 19 15 LVORI...........9 8 8 8 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 $$ Forecaster...GGoggins Requested by...Troy McFarland Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2523059.0/BMX .DELDT 10/07/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0