FNUS74 KMOB 082052
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 1011...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
252 PM CST MON MAR 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1510 CST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND ADVANCES EASTWARD...CHANCES OF SHOWERS
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE GULF COAST. EQUAL CHANCES OF
THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO ENTER THE FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE
RAINS COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY BY WEDNESDAY. DAYTIME DISPERSION ON
TUESDAY IS FORECAST TO BE AVERAGE TO GOOD WITH FAIR TO AVERAGE
CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.  FOG DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT BUT WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)...........74     74     74     94     94     94
WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP..............61     57     55     53     51     50
RH................41     52     62     73     85     92
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD....5      4      4      4      4      4
MIX HGT (FT)......1600   700    200    200    200    300
MIX HGT (M).......490    210    60     60     60     90
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      S      S      SE     SE
TRANSP WIND SPD...9      8      8      8      8      8
TRANS SPD (M/S)...4      4      4      4      4      4
DISPERSION........16     5      5      5      5      5
LVORI.............2      2      3      3      5      6
CWR...............30     30     30     50     50     50

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)...........100    100    100    100    100    100
WEATHER COV.......LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP..............49     54     61     65     67     67
RH................98     82     64     58     57     60
20 FT WIND DIR....SE     SE     SE     S      S      SE
20 FT WIND SPD....5      5      8      11     11     10
MIX HGT (FT)......300    1200   1800   2100   2000   1800
MIX HGT (M).......90     370    550    640    610    550
TRANSP WIND DIR...E      SE     SE     S      S      SE
TRANSP WIND SPD...9      15     21     23     24     22
TRANS SPD (M/S)...4      7      9      10     11     10
DISPERSION........8      21     37     46     47     40
LVORI.............8      3      1      1      1      1
CWR...............70     70     70     70     70     70

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...DAVE BERENS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100308.DESOT.02/MOB