FNUS74 KMOB 071522 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR 901 BLACKLINE...E.N.R. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 922 AM CST THU JAN 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON JANUARY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING AND BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO INLAND AREAS TODAY WITH RAIN ELSEWHERE THEN BRINGS A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. MOISTURE FLOWS INTO THE REGION AND WILL KEEP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS TODAY. MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS ON FRIDAY COMBINED WITH BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............48 50 48 47 RH..............44 47 57 62 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 MIX HGT (FT)....1800 2100 2200 2100 MIX HGT (M).....550 640 670 640 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW W TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 13 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 5 DISPERSION......23 28 26 23 LVORI...........2 2 2 2 CWR.............30 60 60 60 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........97 97 87 76 76 70 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN SNOW SNOW NONE TEMP............45 42 39 36 33 30 RH..............68 79 84 81 80 77 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W NW N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 10 12 14 14 MIX HGT (FT)....2000 1900 1800 1700 1600 1500 MIX HGT (M).....610 580 550 520 490 460 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.12 16 22 26 28 26 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 7 10 12 13 12 DISPERSION......22 18 25 30 31 30 LVORI...........3 3 4 3 3 3 CWR.............70 70 70 20 20 20 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........48 48 48 67 67 67 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............28 28 35 38 40 40 RH..............68 57 40 34 31 33 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 16 16 14 12 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 1700 2000 2300 2500 2300 MIX HGT (M).....400 520 610 700 760 700 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.25 24 22 22 21 21 TRANS SPD (M/S).11 11 10 10 9 9 DISPERSION......28 42 42 46 45 43 LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 1 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...ROGER KENNEDY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100107.901BL.01/MOB