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Spot Forecast for F-17 RX...Eglin AFB
National Weather Service Mobile AL
701 AM CDT Sat Apr 4 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...LOW DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 16 EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON OVER THE
BURN AREA...

.DISCUSSION...Scattered showers and storms are possible today with
widespread showers and storms on Sunday. Minimum relative humidity will
remain above critical thresholds. Transport winds will remain southerly
today, while turning westerly then northwesterly through the day on
Sunday as a cold front slides across the area. Afternoon dispersion
will be generally good today at the burn site and generally poor tomorrow.

Fog potential and other remarks...Fog is possible, but not likely, tonight
ahead of the rain.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Areas of fog
                    early in the morning. Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the morning. Chance
                    of showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon, then slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 12 mph
                    early in the morning, then shifting to the
                    south 10 to 12 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 15 mph shifting to the south 15
                    to 16 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....13 increasing to 53.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........50     44     26     26     35     35
Weather cov.....AREAS         S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....FOG    NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........              S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     20     30     30     20
Temp............66     71     79     82     83     80
RH..............97     87     69     61     59     65
20 FT wind dir..ESE    SE     SSE    S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..5      7      10     13     13     12
20 FT wind gust.10     14     17     20     20     17
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1700   3000   3800   3400   3100
Transp wind dir.ESE    SSE    S      S      S      S
Transp wind spd.8      14     14     15     16     15
Dispersion idx..9      27     49     56     53     51
LVORI...........8      4      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    after 3 am.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 14 mph.
Dispersion index....52 decreasing to 5.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........35     38     67     47     67     91
Weather cov.....S CHC                              S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC                              S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20     10     10     10     10     20
Temp............79     73     71     70     68     67
RH..............69     87     90     90     97     97
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..10     6      3      2      2      2
20 FT wind gust.16     12     9      6      5      5
Mix hgt (ft)....3100   600    600    500    400    500
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S      SSW    SSW
Transp wind spd.14     12     10     8      7      6
Dispersion idx..52     7      5      4      3      3
LVORI...........1      5      6      6      9      9

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers likely
                    in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms through
                    the day. Showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph late
                    in the morning, then shifting to the west
                    around 7 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the west
                    around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 15 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........93     80     88     89     89     86
Weather cov.....S CHC  LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).20     60     60     60     80     80
Temp............67     67     73     75     75     74
RH..............97     97     84     79     76     76
20 FT wind dir..S      WSW    SSW    SW     WSW    W
20 FT wind spd..2      2      5      7      8      8
20 FT wind gust.5      7      9      12     13     13
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1000   1500   1800   1700   1400
Transp wind dir.SW     SW     SSW    SW     WSW    W
Transp wind spd.6      6      7      7      8      8
Dispersion idx..3      7      14     16     15     13
LVORI...........9      8      4      3      4      4

$$
Forecaster...7
Requested by...Tom Murrie
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608970.0/MOB
.DELDT 04/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL thomas.murrie@us.af.mil