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Spot Forecast for Desoto BB 8301 knob creek...Usfs
National Weather Service Mobile AL
514 AM CDT Tue May 5 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 94 EXPECTED TODAY OVER
THE BURN AREA...

.DISCUSSION...There is a 40% chance of rain Wednesday. For the
rest of today, the minimum relative humidity is near 50%, 20 ft
wind gusts will be up to near 25 mph, transport winds will be
mostly southerly, and dispersion values will be good. For
Wednesday, the minimum relative humidity is near 65%, 20 ft wind
gusts will be up to near 25 mph, transport winds will be mostly
south-southwesterly, and dispersion values will be good.

Fog potential and other remarks...Fog is not expected.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph with
                    gusts to around 23 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...183-1341 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 20 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 9 meters/second.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 41 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 69 late in the morning increasing
                    to 79 early in the afternoon increasing to 92
                    decreasing to 83 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........31     39     22     27     31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0
Temp............61     73     78     80     80
RH..............87     64     56     52     54
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..3      7      10     10     10
20 FT wind gust.9      15     21     22     22
Mix hgt (ft)....600    3400   4100   4400   4300
Mix hgt (m).....180    1040   1250   1340   1310
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S      S
Transp wind spd.8      16     16     18     20
Trans wind dir..S      S      S      S      S
Trans spd (m/s).4      7      7      8      9
Dispersion idx..8      66     79     94     86
LVORI...........5      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 21
                    mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1311 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 8 meters/second.
Dispersion index....88 decreasing to 10.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........28     41     58     47     47     56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............78     73     69     68     67     67
RH..............60     73     87     93     97     97
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..10     9      8      7      6      6
20 FT wind gust.21     18     17     17     15     14
Mix hgt (ft)....4300   800    800    700    700    600
Mix hgt (m).....1310   240    240    210    210    180
Transp wind dir.S      S      S      S      S      S
Transp wind spd.17     15     15     14     14     12
Trans wind dir..S      S      S      S      S      S
Trans spd (m/s).8      7      7      6      6      5
Dispersion idx..88     12     12     9      8      8
LVORI...........1      3      5      6      8      8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers in the afternoon. Chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph early in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1036 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 18 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 8 meters/second.
Dispersion index....9 increasing to 17 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 30 late in the morning increasing
                    to 44 late in the morning increasing to 57
                    decreasing to 50 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........83     73     72     68     66     65
Weather cov.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     10     40     40
Temp............67     69     76     80     83     85
RH..............100    100    87     79     72     67
20 FT wind dir..S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT wind spd..5      6      7      9      10     12
20 FT wind gust.12     13     16     20     22     22
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1100   2200   3100   3400   3100
Mix hgt (m).....150    340    670    940    1040   940
Transp wind dir.SSW    SSW    SSW    SSW    SSW    SSW
Transp wind spd.12     13     14     17     18     18
Trans wind dir..SSW    SSW    SSW    SSW    SSW    SSW
Trans spd (m/s).5      6      6      8      8      8
Dispersion idx..7      17     40     56     61     51
LVORI...........8      5      4      3      3      1

$$
Forecaster...13
Requested by...Jody Rogers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612677.0/MOB
.DELDT 05/05/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joseph.rogers@usda.gov