FNUS74 KMOB 241310
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT   8...U.S.F.S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
710 AM CST WED FEB 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON FEBRUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...AFTER TODAYS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...DRIER AIR WILL
WILL MOVE IN UNDER CONTINUED NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE
MIXING LAYER. DAYTIME RH VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE
THURSDAY...AROUND 25 PERCENT FRIDAY. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL WEAKEN
INTO FRIDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA...BUT
ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA AREA...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF
RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. YET ANOTHERN CHANCE
FOR RAIN IS POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)...........89     98     98     98
WEATHER COV.......LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
WEATHER TYPE......RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP..............40     41     45     45
RH................75     69     54     52
20 FT WIND DIR....N      NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD....8      8      8      7
MIX HGT (FT)......2400   2600   3500   3300
MIX HGT (M).......730    790    1070   1010
TRANSP WIND DIR...N      N      NW     NW
TRANSP WIND SPD...15     15     17     21
TRANS SPD (M/S)...7      7      8      9
DISPERSION........32     33     43     51
LVORI.............3      3      1      1
CWR...............60     30     30     20

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)...........41     41     41     0      0      0
WEATHER COV.......
WEATHER TYPE......NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP..............40     36     33     31     29     27
RH................59     69     74     74     78     82
20 FT WIND DIR....NW     NW     NW     NW     NW     NW
20 FT WIND SPD....6      6      7      7      6      5
MIX HGT (FT)......2000   700    100    200    200    200
MIX HGT (M).......610    210    30     60     60     60
TRANSP WIND DIR...NW     NW     NW     NW     NW     NW
TRANSP WIND SPD...22     15     13     13     12     10
TRANS SPD (M/S)...10     7      6      6      5      4
DISPERSION........57     13     11     9      8      5
LVORI.............1      3      3      3      4      4
CWR...............10     10     10     10     10     10

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