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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
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