FNUS74 KMOB 171230 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR CRIPPLED CHINOOK...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 730 AM CDT SUN OCT 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0703 CDT ON OCTOBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...VERY DRY AIR OVER THE AREA AGAIN TODAY WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING INTO THE LOW 20S. SURFACE HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE EAST ON MONDAY...BRINGING A LIGHT RETURN FLOW AND A GRADUAL MODIFICATION OF DEWPOINTS THROUGH MIDWEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 5500-5600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5800-5900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3 TO 5 MPH...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 2 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 11 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 2. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............45 59 73 81 84 81 RH................81 57 37 24 22 27 20 FT WIND DIR....NE E E SE S S 20 FT WIND SPD....0 1 2 3 3 3 MIX HGT (FT)......100 1000 2800 5500 5800 4100 MIX HGT (M).......30 300 850 1680 1770 1250 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE E E NE E SE TRANSP WIND SPD...0 3 5 3 3 2 TRANS SPD (M/S)...0 1 2 1 1 1 DISPERSION........0 5 16 22 23 11 LVORI.............6 3 2 2 2 2 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 1 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 0 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....2. LVORI...............2 INCREASING TO 8. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........0 7 7 7 0 0 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............74 65 60 57 55 53 RH................36 57 71 77 84 89 20 FT WIND DIR....SW SW SW N NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD....2 1 1 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)......2300 400 300 200 200 100 MIX HGT (M).......700 120 90 60 60 30 TRANSP WIND DIR...S SW SW N NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...1 1 1 0 0 0 TRANS SPD (M/S)...0 0 0 0 0 0 DISPERSION........3 1 1 0 0 0 LVORI.............2 3 4 4 6 7 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6100-6300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 0 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 2 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 30. LVORI...............9 INCREASING TO 10 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 8 EARLY IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 2 DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 2. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........0 19 19 19 20 20 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............50 53 68 78 82 84 RH................95 95 59 39 30 28 20 FT WIND DIR....NE E S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....0 0 1 3 4 5 MIX HGT (FT)......100 700 1900 4500 6100 6500 MIX HGT (M).......30 210 580 1370 1860 1980 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE E S SW SW S TRANSP WIND SPD...0 2 7 5 3 5 TRANS SPD (M/S)...0 1 3 2 1 2 DISPERSION........0 2 17 25 23 33 LVORI.............9 8 2 2 2 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...JAY BOYKIN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101017.CRIPP.01/MOB