FNUS74 KHUN 241018 FWSHUN Spot Forecast for Houston / McaHann...USFS National Weather Service Huntsville AL 518 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 24. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A cold front will be moving through the region this morning, veering winds from the west at ignition to the northwest by midday, around 10 mph. RH values will run higher than yesterday and only bottom out around 41% this afternoon. Mixing heights will increase from 1.1 kft at ignition to 5.9 kft this afternoon, aiding dispersion in spite of some slightly weaker winds today. Rain chances will remain near 0% through this evening and fuels will remain very dry as a result. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Temperature.........68 at ignition...Max 77. RH..................59 percent at ignition...Min 41 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 9 mph. LVORI...............2. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........22 57 57 57 57 57 57 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............68 71 71 73 75 76 76 77 RH..............59 55 55 53 48 45 43 42 20 FT WIND DIR..290 290 300 310 320 320 330 330 20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 12 10 12 12 9 9 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.8 2.5 3.2 4.1 5.0 5.9 4.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.260 270 290 300 300 310 310 310 TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 8 7 8 8 8 6 DISPERSION IDX..6 21 23 23 30 33 36 30 LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Temperature.........Min 51. RH..................Max 89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the late evening and overnight. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Mixing height.......100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 0 to 3 mph shifting to the north 3 to 5 mph overnight. LVORI...............4. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........39 52 50 41 30 20 11 12 9 12 9 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............75 73 69 64 61 59 58 56 55 53 53 52 RH..............41 49 57 65 72 78 77 80 83 86 83 86 20 FT WIND DIR..330 350 000 000 010 020 030 030 030 030 030 030 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 0 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 8 8 8 10 10 12 10 10 10 9 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.300 300 310 320 320 340 010 020 020 020 020 020 TRANSP WIND SPD.2 0 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 DISPERSION IDX..7 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 LVORI...........2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Temperature.........Max 78. RH..................Min 39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the southeast in the late morning and early afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south 2 to 5 mph in the afternoon. LVORI...............4. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........9 12 9 13 18 17 32 47 55 64 72 75 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............51 52 56 60 68 71 74 76 77 78 78 77 RH..............89 86 80 75 59 51 47 43 42 40 39 42 20 FT WIND DIR..030 040 060 080 100 100 120 130 130 140 140 120 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.2 2.7 4.2 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.0 4.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.030 030 050 090 110 140 200 220 210 190 170 140 TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 7 7 6 3 2 2 2 3 5 DISPERSION IDX..2 2 3 3 3 20 18 16 15 15 23 23 LVORI...........6 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 $$ Forecaster...Pritchett Requested by...Moore Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412071.0/HUN .DELDT 04/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL gary.c.moore@usda.gov