FNUS74 KMOB 240020
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 1015...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
720 PM CDT TUE MAR 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1930 CDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...WHEN A
FRONT CROSSES THE AREA.  MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WITH
INLAND AREAS SEEING THE DRY AIR LAST THE LONGEST.  BEHIND THIS
FRONT...DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN FOR FRIDAY...THOUGH COLDER TEMPS WILL
HELP TO LIMIT THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROP.  TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO
SATURDAY WITH A SWITCH IN THE MIXING LAYER WINDS AHEAD OF A SECOND
FRONT EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  PATCHY
LIGHT FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST UNTIL SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%)...........34     34     34     48     48     48
WEATHER COV.......                         PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE......NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG    FOG
TEMP..............68     58     53     50     49     47
RH................51     69     81     87     89     93
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      S      S      SE
20 FT WIND SPD....7      5      5      3      3      3
MIX HGT (FT)......1300   700    300    200    100    100
MIX HGT (M).......400    122    90     60     30     30
TRANSP WIND DIR...SW     S      S      S      S      SE
TRANSP WIND SPD...12     10     9      7      7      7
TRANS SPD (M/S)...5      4      4      3      3      3
DISPERSION........8      5      4      4      3      3
LVORI.............2      3      5      6      6      6

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)...........48     44     44     44     44     44
WEATHER COV.......PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE......FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP..............46     45     60     68     73     74
RH................96     100    68     51     40     40
20 FT WIND DIR....SE     SE     SE     S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....3      4      5      6      7      7
MIX HGT (FT)......100    1000   2700   4400   5300   5400
MIX HGT (M).......30     300    820    1340   1620   1650
TRANSP WIND DIR...SE     SE     S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...7      8      13     15     15     14
TRANS SPD (M/S)...3      4      6      7      7      6
DISPERSION........3      10     42     74     63     61
LVORI.............8      7      4      1      1      1

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100323.DESOT.02/MOB