FNUS74 KMOB 261324
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 19...U.S.F.S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
724 AM CST MON JAN 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0735 CST ON JANUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATER TODAY. LOW CLOUDS
AND FOG WILL PERSIST IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS
MORNING WHEN THE FOG IS DENSE AND WIDESPREAD THROUGH MID MORNING. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ANOTHER FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY
BRINGING NUMEROUS SHOWERS. CONDITIONS WILL CLEAR BY MIDWEEK WITH LOW
HUMIDITY POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

TIME (CST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........100    79     79     78     78     78
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG    FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     51     59     64     66     62
RH..............100    94     75     63     61     75
20 FT WIND DIR..NW     N      N      NE     SE     E
20 FT WIND SPD..3      4      4      3      2      3
MIX HGT (FT)....1800   2000   2300   2600   2700   200
MIX HGT (M).....550    610    700    790    820    60
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW     N      N      NE     SE     E
TRANSP WIND SPD.5      6      6      5      3      5
TRANS SPD (M/S).2      3      3      2      1      2
DISPERSION......8      12     12     13     11     0
LVORI...........8      5      4      2      2      4
CWR.............10     10     10     10     10     10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............6 INCREASING TO 10.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....50.
LVORI...............10 DECREASING TO 5 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING
                    TO 1 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4.

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...DFMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090126.COMPA.01/MOB