FNUS74 KMOB 282021 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 1003...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 221 PM CST THU JAN 28 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 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. *** PATCHY FOG IS LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVERS AND LOW LYING AREAS. *** .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CST) 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........38 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............66 62 RH..............37 47 20 FT WIND DIR..E E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 2700 MIX HGT (M).....1130 820 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 DISPERSION......41 23 LVORI...........1 2 CWR.............0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........55 55 55 76 76 76 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 50 45 44 44 43 RH..............55 70 83 87 88 90 20 FT WIND DIR..SE E E NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 3 3 4 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 600 300 200 100 100 MIX HGT (M).....670 183 98 67 33 33 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 (%).........88 88 88 93 93 93 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............44 47 53 60 63 62 RH..............91 87 76 63 62 66 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..4 6 8 10 10 9 MIX HGT (FT)....100 1000 1400 1800 2000 1900 MIX HGT (M).....33 300 430 550 610 580 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...SAM REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100128.DESOT.02/MOB