FNUS74 KMOB 061413 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 0950...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 813 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY...ALLOWING FOR A SOUTHERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING INCREASING LOW LEVELS MOISTURE TO THE AREA AND KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2100-2300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 23 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 32 IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 23 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............5 DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 2. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........16 16 16 16 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 62 65 64 RH..............52 45 44 47 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 6 8 6 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 2600 2700 2200 MIX HGT (M).....700 790 820 670 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 DISPERSION......23 31 34 29 LVORI...........2 1 1 2 CWR.............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....17 DECREASING TO 5. LVORI...............2 INCREASING TO 9. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........16 16 16 16 16 16 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG FOG TEMP............58 53 50 48 46 46 RH..............62 75 85 90 94 97 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 600 300 300 200 200 MIX HGT (M).....400 180 90 90 60 60 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 8 8 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 3 DISPERSION......17 4 4 4 3 3 LVORI...........2 4 5 6 6 9 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 19 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 35 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 48 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 31. LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 6 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 3 EARLY IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1 IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........31 31 31 31 31 31 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 54 63 68 69 67 RH..............97 80 63 56 55 61 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 7 8 8 7 MIX HGT (FT)....200 1600 2900 3500 4100 2600 MIX HGT (M).....60 490 880 1070 1250 790 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.7 9 12 14 14 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 5 6 6 5 DISPERSION......3 19 38 52 47 35 LVORI...........9 3 1 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090206.DESOT.01/MOB