FNUS74 KMOB 131605
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR NLO 5A...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1105 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
ALONG THE COAST TODAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED JUST OFF THE
COAST SHIFTS INLAND LATER TODAY. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ALONG WITH
BETTER CLOUDINESS SOUTH OF THE FRONT...GENERALLY WELL OFFSHORE THIS
MORNING...WILL ALSO SHIFT INLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PATCHY AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLY DENSE AT TIMES WILL ALSO BECOME BETTER
DEVELOPED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

.REST OF TODAY...

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........25  25  45  50  50  50  68  68
WEATHER COV.....            ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............66  69  70  71  71  71  70  69
RH..............57  55  60  64  65  66  68  71
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S
20 FT WIND SPD..7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 3.5 4.2 4.8 4.3 3.7 3.1 2.5
MIX HGT (KM)....0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12  13  13  13  13  13  13  13
TRANS SPD (M/S).5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
DISPERSION......27  31  35  38  37  34  31  28
LVORI...........3   3   3   1   3   3   3   3
CWR.............20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20

.TONIGHT...

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........68     71     71     71     90     90
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............68     65     64     63     64     65
RH..............75     83     88     92     92     88
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..8      8      9      10     10     11
MIX HGT (FT)....1900   1400   1300   1300   1300   1200
MIX HGT (M).....580    430    400    400    400    370
TRANSP WIND DIR.S      S      S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13     14     15     16     17     18
TRANS SPD (M/S).6      6      7      7      8      8
DISPERSION......25     15     16     18     15     16
LVORI...........3      4      4      5      5      4
CWR.............20     30     30     30     30     30

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...MARK MENDONCA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090313.NLO5A.01/MOB