FNUS74 KMOB 181439 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 0833...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 839 AM CST WED FEB 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........86 99 99 99 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............65 70 71 69 RH..............91 79 75 77 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 8 MIX HGT (FT)....2000 2400 2100 1700 MIX HGT (M).....610 730 640 520 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 14 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 6 6 DISPERSION......28 32 28 23 LVORI...........4 3 3 3 CWR.............70 70 70 70 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........90 90 90 53 53 53 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............65 63 60 56 52 48 RH..............83 84 84 83 86 88 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 9 9 MIX HGT (FT)....1400 1100 800 600 500 300 MIX HGT (M).....430 340 240 180 150 90 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 15 15 15 15 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 7 7 7 7 DISPERSION......20 12 13 14 14 13 LVORI...........4 4 4 4 4 4 CWR.............50 50 50 20 20 20 .THURSDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........9 9 9 12 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 45 50 57 60 58 RH..............86 75 58 36 30 32 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 9 8 7 MIX HGT (FT)....200 1300 2800 3900 3800 3700 MIX HGT (M).....60 400 850 1190 1160 1130 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 16 16 14 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 7 7 6 5 DISPERSION......10 26 48 57 50 40 LVORI...........5 3 1 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...CLIFF WILLIS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090218.DESOT.02/MOB