FNUS74 KMOB 231533 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR BLOCK 0907...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 933 AM CST MON FEB 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY AND INTO TUESDAY WITH HUMIDITY RECOVERING TUESDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS BACK IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN EXPECTED COLD FRONT CROSSING AREA LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY SATURDAY. A COMBINATION OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TUESDAY DUE TO THE EXPECTED LOW HUMIDITY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME EAST TONIGHT AND SOUTHEAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...REMAINING SOUTHERLY UNTIL AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3000-3100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3300-3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 14 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....50 INCREASING TO 64 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 46 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 27 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 15. LVORI...............2 DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........3 17 37 44 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 55 59 57 RH..............43 31 27 29 20 FT WIND DIR..NE N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 7 6 MIX HGT (FT)....2400 3000 3300 3000 MIX HGT (M).....730 910 1010 910 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.17 15 9 6 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 7 4 3 DISPERSION......49 64 31 22 LVORI...........1 1 1 2 CWR.............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 6 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....8. LVORI...............2 INCREASING TO 5. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........46 46 46 51 51 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 41 37 35 34 33 RH..............37 56 69 74 77 80 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 4 5 MIX HGT (FT)....2100 1200 600 200 300 300 MIX HGT (M).....640 370 180 60 90 90 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 TRANS SPD (M/S).2 2 2 2 2 2 DISPERSION......12 3 3 3 3 3 LVORI...........2 3 3 3 4 5 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 5200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 18 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 28 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 43 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 DECREASING TO 35 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............5 DECREASING TO 4 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 3 EARLY IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1 INCREASING TO 2 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........40 40 40 24 24 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............33 41 53 61 64 63 RH..............85 68 52 37 35 42 20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1300 2600 4200 5200 4900 MIX HGT (M).....90 400 790 1280 1580 1490 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE S SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 9 8 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 4 4 3 DISPERSION......3 12 28 47 50 39 LVORI...........5 3 2 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090223.BLOCK.01/MOB