FNUS74 KMOB 091940
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 0922...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
240 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH STALLS
OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GULF COASTAL STATES ON SUNDAY
AND GRADUALLY SHIFTS TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY TUESDAY MORNING.
THE FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL
LEVELS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PATCHY FOG WITH ISOLATED DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...MAINLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN MIXING OUT AFTER SUNRISE. CONDITIONS WILL HELP
TO LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........37  37  37
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............87  86  85
RH..............55  58  60
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..5   5   4
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.8 5.9 5.0
MIX HGT (KM)....1.8 1.8 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S   S   S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9   10  10
TRANS SPD (M/S).4   4   4
DISPERSION......60  69  60
LVORI...........1   1   1
CWR.............0   0   0

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........37     29     29     29     38     38
WEATHER COV.....                                   PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG
TEMP............83     78     73     71     70     69
RH..............62     73     87     89     92     96
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      SE     E      NW
20 FT WIND SPD..4      3      2      1      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....4100   2300   500    400    400    300
MIX HGT (M).....1250   700    150    120    120    90
TRANSP WIND DIR.S      S      S      S      SW     SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10     10     8      7      5      5
TRANS SPD (M/S).4      4      4      3      2      2
DISPERSION......51     5      4      3      2      2
LVORI...........1      3      6      6      6      8
CWR.............0      10     10     10     10     10

.SUNDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........38     52     52     52     55     55
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....FOG    FOG    RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............67     72     80     84     87     87
RH..............100    89     70     59     54     53
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      SW     SW     S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..0      1      4      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....300    1100   2800   4400   5300   5600
MIX HGT (M).....90     340    850    1340   1620   1710
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5      6      9      13     14     14
TRANS SPD (M/S).2      3      4      6      6      6
DISPERSION......2      8      21     37     44     44
LVORI...........9      5      3      1      1      1
CWR.............10     10     20     20     20     20

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090509.DESOT.02/MOB