FNUS74 KMOB 181409 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 9...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 809 AM CST WED FEB 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CST ON FEBRUARY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME BETTER DEVELOPED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT COOLER DRIER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY AND MOSTLY LIKELY ON FRIDAY...ALSO. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH SATURDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........83 83 97 97 97 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............54 61 68 70 68 RH..............100 88 73 72 76 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 11 11 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 1800 2100 1900 1600 MIX HGT (M).....400 550 640 580 490 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 17 17 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 8 8 8 DISPERSION......24 30 34 32 29 LVORI...........5 4 3 3 3 CWR.............30 80 80 80 80 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........91 91 91 85 85 85 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 62 60 58 56 53 RH..............86 93 95 90 87 86 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 11 11 10 9 MIX HGT (FT)....1400 1100 800 600 800 1100 MIX HGT (M).....430 340 240 180 240 340 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 17 16 15 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 8 7 7 DISPERSION......26 15 16 16 15 14 LVORI...........4 5 5 5 4 4 CWR.............70 70 70 30 30 30 .THURSDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........19 19 19 12 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 48 52 57 60 57 RH..............83 75 60 42 34 36 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 11 11 10 8 MIX HGT (FT)....1200 2100 3300 4200 4000 3700 MIX HGT (M).....370 640 1010 1280 1220 1130 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 18 16 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 8 8 7 6 DISPERSION......10 41 60 52 60 46 LVORI...........4 3 1 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...TRACY SIMMONS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090218.COMPA.01/MOB