FNUS74 KMOB 071258 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 0866...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 758 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 28 PERCENT FOR MOST INLAND AREAS TODAY. RETURN FLOW BEGINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO SIMILAR VALUES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT DURATION IS MORE QUESTIONABLE. MOISTENING ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES LATER IN THE WEEK WILL PRECLUDE ANY FIRE HEADLINES THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........10 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 56 59 60 RH..............38 30 27 27 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 7 MIX HGT (FT)....3300 4900 5500 5300 MIX HGT (M).....1010 1490 1680 1620 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 14 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 6 5 DISPERSION......46 61 62 51 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........10 5 5 5 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 52 42 37 34 33 RH..............31 42 70 80 86 90 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 4 MIX HGT (FT)....5100 4100 2600 1000 200 200 MIX HGT (M).....1550 1250 790 300 60 60 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 7 7 7 6 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 3 3 3 3 DISPERSION......54 3 3 3 3 3 LVORI...........1 2 3 5 6 6 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........5 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............31 39 61 67 70 71 RH..............96 77 41 33 32 33 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 8 9 9 MIX HGT (FT)....100 800 2200 3500 4000 3600 MIX HGT (M).....30 240 670 1070 1220 1100 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW S TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 13 14 14 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 6 6 6 DISPERSION......3 9 29 46 54 50 LVORI...........8 4 2 1 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090407.DESOT.01/MOB