FNUS74 KMOB 251253 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 0863...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 753 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A FEW SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS. WINDS MOSTLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WILL TURN MORE WEST TONIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS ON FRIDAY WITH JUST A BIT DRIER AIR. RAIN RETURNS TO THE FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK LOOKING DRY AND WARM. DUE TO GOOD VERTICAL MIXING IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WIDESPREAD FOG IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........91 91 85 85 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............64 69 72 72 RH................77 75 70 68 20 FT WIND DIR....S S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD....8 8 8 9 MIX HGT (FT)......800 1100 1400 1500 MIX HGT (M).......240 340 430 460 TRANSP WIND DIR...S SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD...15 15 15 14 TRANS SPD (M/S)...7 7 7 6 DISPERSION........17 21 23 23 LVORI.............3 3 3 3 CWR...............40 40 50 50 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........85 48 48 48 39 39 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............69 61 57 55 53 50 RH................71 85 86 82 82 78 20 FT WIND DIR....W W W NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD....9 9 8 8 7 7 MIX HGT (FT)......1400 1300 1100 1000 1200 1700 MIX HGT (M).......430 400 340 300 370 520 TRANSP WIND DIR...W NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD...13 12 13 13 13 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...6 5 6 6 6 5 DISPERSION........20 11 11 11 8 8 LVORI.............3 4 5 4 4 4 CWR...............50 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........39 43 43 43 17 17 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............49 50 59 65 68 69 RH................75 72 62 52 44 41 20 FT WIND DIR....NW NW N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD....7 6 6 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)......2300 2900 3400 4100 4500 4700 MIX HGT (M).......700 880 1040 1250 1370 1430 TRANSP WIND DIR...NW N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD...12 10 10 10 9 7 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 4 4 4 4 3 DISPERSION........8 37 45 49 47 39 LVORI.............4 3 1 1 1 1 CWR...............10 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100325.DESOT.01/MOB