FNUS74 KMOB 212157
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR CPTS 408   409...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1655 CDT ON OCTOBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND LOWER FROM THE
WEST OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE
LATE TONIGHT WITH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASING BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A GENERALLY LIGHT 20 FOOT WIND WILL SLOWLY
INCREASE AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES...WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS FROM
THE SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY NOON AND TURNING SOUTHWEST BY NOON FRIDAY.
WIDESPREAD FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER BUT A
FEW PATCHES OF FOG MIXED WITH SMOKE MAY OCCUR IN RIVER AND CREEK
BOTTOMS.


.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........34     49     49     49     67     67
WEATHER COV.....                            ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............74     67     65     63     62     61
RH..............67     78     82     83     85     88
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     E      SE     E      E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5      5      7      7      6
MIX HGT (FT)....2500   1100   500    500    500    500
MIX HGT (M).....760    340    150    150    150    150
TRANSP WIND DIR.E      E      E      E      E      E
TRANSP WIND SPD.12     10     12     13     13     12
TRANS SPD (M/S).5      4      5      6      6      5
DISPERSION......36     7      8      11     11     9
LVORI...........3      4      4      4      4      5
CWR.............0      10     10     10     20     20

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........67     83     83     83     99     99
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............60     62     68     74     76     76
RH..............94     93     82     72     72     74
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5      5      5      6      6      6
MIX HGT (FT)....500    900    1700   2500   3000   3200
MIX HGT (M).....150    270    520    760    910    980
TRANSP WIND DIR.E      E      SE     S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10     9      13     16     17     14
TRANS SPD (M/S).4      4      6      7      8      6
DISPERSION......6      11     22     35     42     34
LVORI...........6      6      3      3      3      3
CWR.............20     40     40     40     70     70

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...DAVID BERENS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091021.CPTS4.01/MOB