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Spot Forecast for Burnt Rock Creek...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
953 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2200 CDT on March 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 78 EXPECTED FRIDAY OVER THE BURN
AREA...

.DISCUSSION...For Friday, the minimum relative humidity is near
35%, transport winds will be mostly south-southwesterly to
westerly, and dispersion values will be good. For Saturday, the
minimum relative humidity is near 40%, 20 ft wind gusts will be
up to near 15 mph, transport winds will be mostly west-
southwesterly to westerly, and dispersion values will be
generally good.

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

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...91 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 8 mph shifting to the west
                    around 6 mph after 3 am.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 3 to 4 meters/second.
Dispersion index....3.
LVORI...............3 becoming 9.
Stability class.....6.

TIME (CDT)      10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   1   2   0   0   1   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............55  53  52  50  49  49  47  47
RH..............74  77  80  89  93  93  100 100
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW SW  SW  SW  WSW WSW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   7   6   6   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.SSW SSW SSW SW  WSW WSW W   W
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   8   7   6   6
Trans wind dir..SSW SSW SSW SW  WSW WSW W   W
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   3   4   4   3   3   3
Dispersion idx..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........3   4   5   6   6   6   9   9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...1615 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 5 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to
                    13 mph in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.West around 2 meters/second shifting to the
                    southwest 3 to 6 meters/second in the
                    afternoon.
Dispersion index....2 increasing to 78.
LVORI...............9 becoming 1.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   1   1   1   3   6   12  16  14  7   7   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  47  51  57  63  70  74  77  79  80  80  79
RH..............100 100 93  86  78  61  50  40  36  35  35  36
20 FT wind dir..WSW SW  WSW WSW WSW SW  SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   3   5   5   6   6   7   6
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   5   6   7   8   10  12  12  13  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.2 2.5 3.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   WSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW  SW  SSW
Transp wind spd.5   5   3   5   3   3   6   6   7   9   10  13
Trans wind dir..W   W   W   W   WSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW  SW  SSW
Trans spd (m/s).2   2   1   2   1   1   3   3   3   4   4   6
Dispersion idx..2   4   4   4   5   11  25  37  44  57  63  78
LVORI...........9   9   6   6   4   2   2   1   1   1   1   1

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 4 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....93 decreasing to 4.
LVORI...............1 becoming 7.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6   5   3   5   1   2   1   0   1   2   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  72  66  63  61  61  60  58  57  56  56  55
RH..............39  46  58  65  72  72  78  83  86  93  93  96
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  13  12  12  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SW  SW  SW  WSW WSW WSW
Transp wind spd.15  13  12  12  12  10  9   9   9   9   9   9
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SW  SW  SW  WSW WSW WSW
Trans spd (m/s).7   6   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Dispersion idx..93  6   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4
LVORI...........1   2   3   3   3   3   4   5   5   6   6   7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...1524 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.West 4 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 64.
LVORI...............9 becoming 1.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........6            16           7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            0
Temp............54           68           82
RH..............100          76           43
20 FT wind dir..SW           WSW          WSW
20 FT wind spd..3            6            7
20 FT wind gust.9            12           15
Mix hgt (ft)....400          2000         4200
Mix hgt (m).....120          610          1280
Transp wind dir.WSW          W            WSW
Transp wind spd.9            14           10
Trans wind dir..WSW          W            WSW
Trans spd (m/s).4            6            4
Dispersion idx..4            36           52
LVORI...........9            3            1

$$
Forecaster...22
Requested by...Jodie Pfeifer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2606681.0/MOB
.DELDT 03/19/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL msmic@firenet.gov,ashley.schroeder@usda.gov