FNUS74 KMOB 171445
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPT   20   31...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
845 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0745 CST ON FEBRUARY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...BETTER CLOUDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY
AND WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT APPROACHING
FROM THE WEST.


...I RERAN THE SPOT BASED ON NEW GUIDANCE JUST COMING IN, APPEARS THE
WIND AND MIXING HEIGHT IS A BIT HIGHER, WHICH IN TURN PRODUCES A BIT
HIGHER DISPERSION INDEX. ALSO A RESULT OF HAVING MID LEVEL CLOUDS
VERSUS LOWER CLOUDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ARE
UNCHANGED...

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........47     47     51     51     51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............42     52     60     60     57
RH..............63     43     36     39     44
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      SE     S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..4      6      6      6      5
MIX HGT (FT)....1000   2100   3500   2200   1200
MIX HGT (M).....300    640    1070   670    370
TRANSP WIND DIR.E      SE     S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6      9      8      10     7
TRANS SPD (M/S).3      4      4      4      3
DISPERSION......7      27     28     28     10
LVORI...........3      2      2      2      2
CWR.............0      0      10     10     10

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........77     77     77     78     78     78
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............52     47     46     46     47     48
RH..............61     81     90     95     99     100
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5      5      5      7      9
MIX HGT (FT)....400    300    200    100    100    100
MIX HGT (M).....120    90     60     30     30     30
TRANSP WIND DIR.S      S      S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7      7      8      9      12     15
TRANS SPD (M/S).3      3      4      4      5      7
DISPERSION......4      5      5      6      10     13
LVORI...........3      4      6      7      7      5
CWR.............30     30     30     30     30     30

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
SKY (%).........79        79        92        92
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY    LIKELY    LIKELY    LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    TSTORM    TSTORM
TEMP............50        62        68        69
RH..............100       83        71        70
20 FT WIND DIR..S         S         SW        SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10        12        12        11
MIX HGT (FT)....100       1300      2500      1400
MIX HGT (M).....30        400       760       430
TRANSP WIND DIR.S         S         SW        SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17        18        18        17
TRANS SPD (M/S).8         8         8         8
DISPERSION......15        28        41        28
LVORI...........5         4         3         3
CWR.............60        60        70        70

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...DFMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090217.COMPT.01/MOB