FNUS74 KMOB 201243 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 16...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 743 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE SOUTH OF AREA BY SUNRISE WITH A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION. EXPECT DRIER AIR TO MIX DOWN AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND SURFACE HUMIDITY BOTTOMS OUT BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT MOST PLACES. A BIT MORE HUMIDITY ON SATURDAY AS WINDS BECOME MORE EASTERLY BUT STILL EXPECT RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER THE PANHANDLE...EXPECT FOR COASTAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY. GOOD DISPERSIONS TODAY...GENERALLY AROUND 80 WITH THE NORTHEAST TRANSPORT WIND AROUND 15 MPH BY LATER THIS MORNING. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........21 21 21 21 21 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 59 67 71 72 RH..............65 52 37 28 26 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 6 6 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 2100 3800 4900 5300 MIX HGT (M).....340 640 1160 1490 1620 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 15 14 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 7 6 5 DISPERSION......17 40 63 79 66 LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........21 10 10 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............67 59 51 48 46 45 RH..............35 48 64 69 71 70 20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....2800 300 300 600 700 600 MIX HGT (M).....850 90 90 180 210 180 TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.8 6 6 6 7 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 3 3 3 4 DISPERSION......27 3 3 3 3 4 LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........10 5 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............43 53 69 74 RH..............72 58 38 27 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....600 2800 5000 5500 MIX HGT (M).....180 850 1520 1680 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 9 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 3 DISPERSION......4 35 55 47 LVORI...........3 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...TRACY SIMMONS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090320.COMPA.03/MOB