FNUS74 KMOB 091441 RRA
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPT 46...U.S.F.S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
741 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER CENTRAL TENNESSEE WILL
SHIFT EAST TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
BECOME MOSTLY SOUTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON...GIVING WAY TO HIGHER
MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE FOR MUCH OF
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT RESULTING IN COOLER DRIER CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BECOMING NUMEROUS AT TIMES...CAN BE
EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT MOSTLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY
EVENING.

.TODAY...

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
TEMP............57     65     68     66     57     49
RH..............50     34     31     38     64     84
20FT WIND (MPH).E 5    SE 5   SE 5   SE 5   SE 5   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....1200   1900   2300   2100   1400   800
MIX HGT (M).....370    580    700    640    430    240
TRAN WIND (MPH).E 7    SE 7   SE 7   SE 7   SE 7   SE 7
TRAN WIND (M/S).E 3    SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3
DISPERSION......10     17     21     19     10     3
LVORI...........2      2      2      2      2      5

.SATURDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO 11 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 600-800 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1700
                    FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2600
                    FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3500
                    FT AGL DECREASING TO 3100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL DECREASING
                    TO 2200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING
                    TO 1800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 13 TO
                    16 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 18 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 23 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH.
LDSI................9 INCREASING TO 18 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 33 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 55 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 44
                    DECREASING TO 28 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 5 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 4 EARLY IN THE MORNING DECREASING
                    TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1
                    INCREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...DFMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090109.COMPT.01/MOB