FNUS74 KMOB 232020
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 0862...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
320 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1525 CDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT DUE TO LIGHT SOUTHEAST
FLOW AND A RECOVERY IN SURFACE MOISTURE. A MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER
PATTERN SETS UP BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT SLOWS AND
STALLS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WHILE GULF MOISTURE
OPENS UP OVER THE REGION. WITH THE FRONT NEAR BY AND THE PASSAGE OF
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE ON THE RISE. NO
CONCERNS WITH LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY. DAYTIME DISPERSION LOOKS TO BE
WITHIN GOOD RANGES AS MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW IS FORECAST
WITHIN THE MIXED LAYER. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EXTENDED RANGES.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........67     67
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE
TEMP............72     71
RH..............49     53
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9      9
MIX HGT (FT)....5200   3500
MIX HGT (M).....1580   1070
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE     SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.20     17
TRANS SPD (M/S).9      8
DISPERSION......70     52
LVORI...........1      1
CWR.............0      0

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........67     72     72     72     72     72
WEATHER COV.....                            PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG    FOG
TEMP............69     67     64     63     61     60
RH..............57     65     76     79     84     89
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9      6      6      6      6      6
MIX HGT (FT)....2000   400    400    300    300    300
MIX HGT (M).....610    120    120    90     90     90
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.15     13     13     12     12     12
TRANS SPD (M/S).7      6      6      5      5      5
DISPERSION......33     11     11     10     10     10
LVORI...........1      3      4      4      4      5
CWR.............0      10     10     10     10     10

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090323.DESOT.02/MOB