FNUS74 KMOB 081517 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 0819...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 917 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL SHIFT INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH TUESDAY AND MAINTAIN A GENERALLY LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW OVER THE REGION. GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY FLOW INTO THE REGION AND WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........11 8 8 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 70 72 70 RH..............69 52 46 49 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3200 4900 3700 3000 MIX HGT (M).....980 1490 1130 910 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 9 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 4 DISPERSION......22 47 42 28 LVORI...........3 1 1 2 CWR.............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 5 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....17 DECREASING TO 2. LVORI...............2 INCREASING TO 6. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........27 27 27 65 65 65 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG FOG TEMP............64 58 54 52 51 50 RH..............60 73 83 86 88 88 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S SE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 2 2 2 MIX HGT (FT)....2700 1200 500 500 400 400 MIX HGT (M).....820 370 150 150 120 120 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S SE SE E TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 3 3 3 TRANS SPD (M/S).2 2 2 1 1 1 DISPERSION......17 2 2 1 2 1 LVORI...........2 3 5 6 6 6 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4700-4900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 18 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 36 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 51 IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 38. LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 4 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3. $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090208.DESOT.02/MOB