FNUS74 KMOB 281355 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 1003...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 755 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY ALLOWING FOR GULF MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AGAIN TODAY ALTHOUGH THE DURATION WILL BE MARGINAL NEAR THE COAST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVANCES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THEN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........14 28 28 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 61 66 66 RH..............58 39 32 35 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 4 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 3400 3600 3200 MIX HGT (M).....700 1040 1100 980 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.5 7 9 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).2 3 4 4 DISPERSION......14 29 40 32 LVORI...........2 2 1 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........55 55 55 55 55 55 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 55 52 50 49 47 RH..............51 61 68 74 78 83 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 3 4 5 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 1200 700 700 700 600 MIX HGT (M).....670 370 210 210 210 180 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 5 6 7 8 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 2 2 3 3 4 DISPERSION......16 2 2 3 5 5 LVORI...........2 3 3 3 4 5 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........78 78 78 92 92 92 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............45 47 54 60 62 62 RH..............92 84 66 60 58 62 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 9 10 10 9 MIX HGT (FT)....600 1000 1400 1800 2000 1900 MIX HGT (M).....180 300 430 550 610 580 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE S S TRANSP WIND SPD.10 15 20 23 24 25 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 7 9 10 11 11 DISPERSION......7 19 31 42 46 47 LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1 CWR.............10 10 40 70 70 70 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100128.DESOT.01/MOB