FNUS74 KMOB 201443 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 1014...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 943 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 CDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...OFF AND ON CLOUDINESS TODAY WILL BECOME CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN. WINDS BECOMING SOUTHERLY AND GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL KEEP AFTERNOON HUMIDITY ABOVE 50 PERCENT. AFTER THE RAIN END LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WINDS WILL BECOME MODERATE TO STRONG FROM THE WEST. OTHER THAN SOME PRECIPITATION INDUCED LIGHT FOG...WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY WIDE SPREAD AREAS OF FOG TONIGHT DUE TO WIND AND CLOUDS. THIS FORECAST IS BASED ON NEWER GUIDANCE THAN THE MORNING FWF...HENCE THE MIXING HEIGHT AND WINDS ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........55 55 65 65 65 WEATHER COV....... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............55 62 66 68 67 RH................91 66 64 60 62 20 FT WIND DIR....E SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....4 5 9 9 11 MIX HGT (FT)......300 2500 4500 5700 4400 MIX HGT (M).......90 760 1370 1740 1340 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...8 15 17 16 17 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 7 8 7 8 DISPERSION........0 27 68 72 67 LVORI.............7 3 1 1 1 CWR...............10 10 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........65 97 97 97 99 99 WEATHER COV.......S CHC LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............67 65 63 63 62 60 RH................66 70 71 69 70 71 20 FT WIND DIR....S SE SE SE SE S 20 FT WIND SPD....11 7 7 8 9 10 MIX HGT (FT)......3300 1300 300 300 600 1200 MIX HGT (M).......1010 400 90 90 180 370 TRANSP WIND DIR...S SE SE SE SE S TRANSP WIND SPD...18 13 13 13 15 17 TRANS SPD (M/S)...8 6 6 6 7 8 DISPERSION........63 14 11 12 13 15 LVORI.............3 3 3 3 3 3 CWR...............20 60 60 60 90 90 .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........99 100 100 100 85 85 WEATHER COV.......DEFNTE SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE TEMP..............57 53 50 51 52 53 RH................70 67 58 52 46 41 20 FT WIND DIR....W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD....12 14 12 12 10 8 MIX HGT (FT)......1800 2400 3000 3600 4200 4800 MIX HGT (M).......550 730 910 1100 1280 1460 TRANSP WIND DIR...W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD...20 21 20 20 17 14 TRANS SPD (M/S)...9 9 9 9 8 6 DISPERSION........21 43 48 50 48 42 LVORI.............4 4 3 2 2 2 CWR...............90 30 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...DF REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100320.DESOT.01/MOB