FNUS74 KMOB 181438 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEETWATER...FL. DIV. OF FORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 838 AM CST THU FEB 18 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION...MODERATING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A CONTINUED VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS IN BOTH THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MODIFICATION IN DEWPOINTS IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WHICH SHOULD PREVENT THE ALABAMA COUNTIES FROM REACHING RED FLAG CRITERIA... BUT THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE IS LIKELY TO SEE SEVERAL HOURS BELOW 35 PERCENT. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS FURTHER EAST. NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........15 15 15 15 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............44 54 58 56 RH................43 27 22 25 20 FT WIND DIR....NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD....5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)......1800 3800 4200 3300 MIX HGT (M).......550 1160 1280 1010 TRANSP WIND DIR...N NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD...8 12 14 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 5 6 5 DISPERSION........19 52 69 47 LVORI.............2 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........21 21 21 35 35 35 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............46 40 35 33 31 29 RH................47 59 69 66 69 73 20 FT WIND DIR....W W NW NW N N 20 FT WIND SPD....5 4 4 3 3 4 MIX HGT (FT)......1100 500 200 100 100 100 MIX HGT (M).......340 150 60 30 30 30 TRANSP WIND DIR...W NW NW NW N N TRANSP WIND SPD...8 6 6 5 5 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 3 2 2 3 DISPERSION........12 3 3 2 2 3 LVORI.............2 3 3 3 3 3 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........37 37 37 37 37 37 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............25 33 46 56 60 59 RH................81 64 43 32 28 32 20 FT WIND DIR....N E SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....4 4 3 3 4 4 MIX HGT (FT)......100 500 1700 3900 4500 3700 MIX HGT (M).......30 150 520 1190 1370 1130 TRANSP WIND DIR...N NE NE NW W W TRANSP WIND SPD...6 6 6 7 7 7 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 3 3 3 3 DISPERSION........3 4 13 32 37 31 LVORI.............5 3 2 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY BAXLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100218.SWEET.01/MOB