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Spot Forecast for Natural Bridge...USFS
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
604 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 CDT on April 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Another warm day as temperatures will climb to 89 degrees by the
afternoon. RH values, however, will remain elevated and only drop
to around 42 percent by the afternoon. Breezy southerly 20 ft winds
will continue, with sustained values of 6-10 MPH, and gusts to 23 MPH
A dry forecast will continue through the late afternoon, with a 20
percent chance of showers/storms being introduced late in the day.
Good dispersions are forecast due to the winds and mixing heights
climbing above 5 kt. A front will bring very high chances for
wetting rains tonight into Sunday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (45-55 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 7 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 6 to 9 mph
                    with gusts to around 23 mph early in the
                    morning.
CWR.................20 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 23 mph increasing to 24 to 25 mph
                    in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........86  71  79  66  71  54  38  36  35  43  67  56
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............70  70  70  73  75  80  81  83  86  88  89  87
RH..............97  93  97  87  79  65  60  55  48  43  42  45
20 FT WIND DIR..170 180 180 180 180 170 180 180 180 180 180 180
20 FT WIND SPD..8   2   6   7   8   8   9   10  10  10  9   9
20 FT WIND GUST.17  15  23  17  18  21  21  21  21  21  21  20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 1.6 2.3 2.6 3.2 4.0 4.6 5.2 5.4 5.6 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.180 180 180 180 180 180 190 190 190 190 190 180
TRANSP WIND SPD.15  15  16  22  22  23  25  25  25  24  24  24
DISPERSION IDX..13  7   11  15  29  76  122 137 151 149 105 94
LVORI...........5   5   5   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20  10  10  10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20  10  10  10

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 17 to 22 mph.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........39  39  53  49  40  46  47  58  64  79  80  85
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............84  81  79  78  76  74  73  72  71  71  71  70
RH..............48  56  62  62  66  71  73  76  81  84  81  87
20 FT WIND DIR..180 160 170 160 170 180 180 180 180 170 170 170
20 FT WIND SPD..7   10  6   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6
20 FT WIND GUST.18  20  25  25  23  21  22  22  22  22  21  21
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.180 180 180 170 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180
TRANSP WIND SPD.22  18  17  17  17  17  18  18  20  18  18  17
DISPERSION IDX..101 17  5   13  11  13  12  12  13  12  12  12
LVORI...........1   2   2   2   3   3   3   4   4   4   5   5
CWR.............10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 10 mph with gusts to around 24
                    mph.
CWR.................30 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 25 mph increasing to 28 to 30 mph
                    late in the morning.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........75  72  65  65  72  67  46  35  25  31  45  56
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............69  69  70  73  74  77  80  82  84  85  84  84
RH..............90  90  87  79  74  67  60  55  49  48  48  48
20 FT WIND DIR..170 170 170 170 180 180 180 190 190 190 190 190
20 FT WIND SPD..6   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  12  12  10  10
20 FT WIND GUST.21  20  22  23  23  24  24  23  24  24  24  24
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.2 2.0 2.7 2.8 3.4 4.0 4.7 4.9 5.4 4.8 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.180 180 180 180 180 190 190 190 190 190 190 190
TRANSP WIND SPD.16  18  22  25  25  28  29  29  30  30  30  29
DISPERSION IDX..11  12  15  34  34  95  137 157 123 128 166 110
LVORI...........5   4   4   4   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  20  20  30  30
CHC OF PCPN (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  20  20  30  30

$$
Forecaster...Pritchett
Requested by...Emmanuel Walker
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2508915.0/HUN
.DELDT 04/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL emmanuel.walker@usda.gov