FNUS74 KMOB 091440 CCA
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPT 46 A...U.S.F.S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
836 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
TRAN WIND (MPH).E 7    SE 7   SE 7   SE 7   SE 7   SE 7
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 3100 FT AGL EARLY
                    EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...THEN TO 1400 FT AGL
                    BY SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 13 TO
                    16 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 18 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...WINDS THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 23 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH.
LDSI................9 INCREASING TO 55 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 28 BY SUNSET.
LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 1.

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...DFMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090109.COMPT.02/MOB