FNUS74 KMOB 072140
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 0915...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
440 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1655 CDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COOL...DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL LINGER OVER
THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT A SWITCH IN THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY WILL START TO INCREASE MOISTURE LEVELS AHEAD OF A SYSTEM
EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY...LASTING
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL LEAVE A WEAK TRAILING COLD FRONT
ALONG THE GULF COAST FOR SATURDAY...WITH A WEAK NORTHERLY FLOW
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA
LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      4 PM
SKY (%).........10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE
TEMP............58
RH..............30
20 FT WIND DIR..NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6
MIX HGT (FT)....5900
MIX HGT (M).....1798
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10
TRANS SPD (M/S).4
DISPERSION......64
LVORI...........1
CWR.............0

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........10     3      3      3      3      3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............57     50     41     35     33     32
RH..............32     43     64     76     83     86
20 FT WIND DIR..NW     W      W      SW     S      SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5      4      2      1      1      1
MIX HGT (FT)....2400   1100   400    200    200    200
MIX HGT (M).....732    335    120    60     60     60
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW     W      W      W      W      SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8      8      6      6      6      6
TRANS SPD (M/S).4      4      3      3      3      3
DISPERSION......45     4      3      3      3      3
LVORI...........1      2      3      4      5      6
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........3      0      0      0      0      0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............32     33     55     66     73     74
RH..............87     91     51     35     25     26
20 FT WIND DIR..S      SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1      2      5      8      11     10
MIX HGT (FT)....200    600    2100   3700   4700   5000
MIX HGT (M).....61     180    640    1130   1430   1520
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6      7      10     14     16     18
TRANS SPD (M/S).3      3      4      6      7      8
DISPERSION......3      5      27     50     65     76
LVORI...........6      6      3      1      1      1
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090407.DESOT.04/MOB