FNUS74 KMOB 221332 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR CRIPPLED CHINOOK...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 832 AM CDT FRI OCT 22 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0816 CDT ON OCTOBER 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MUCH OF THE LOCAL AREA IS EXPERIENCING SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS. CONSIDERING THIS AND THE OCCURRENCE OF LOW HUMIDITY...THE FIRE DANGER RISK REMAINS VERY HIGH TODAY. BY SUNDAY... WEEKEND...SOUTHEAST FLOW OFF THE GULF WILL ALLOW DEWPOINTS AND DAYTIME MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TO RISE WELL ABOVE THE CRITICAL THRESHOLD. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 2 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 39 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 51 IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 40. LVORI...............5 INCREASING TO 7 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 5 EARLY IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 2 DECREASING TO 1 IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........0 0 0 30 30 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............58 70 78 82 82 RH................63 45 30 23 20 20 FT WIND DIR....S E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD....2 4 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)......100 200 3700 4900 5700 MIX HGT (M).......30 60 1130 1490 1740 TRANSP WIND DIR...S E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD...2 6 8 9 8 TRANS SPD (M/S)...1 3 4 4 4 DISPERSION........1 2 39 55 46 LVORI.............5 2 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 1 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....31 DECREASING TO 2. LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 6. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........30 48 48 48 15 15 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............74 63 56 54 53 52 RH................31 49 63 71 76 79 20 FT WIND DIR....SE S SW W NW E 20 FT WIND SPD....2 1 1 0 0 1 MIX HGT (FT)......3800 700 100 100 100 100 MIX HGT (M).......1160 210 30 30 30 30 TRANSP WIND DIR...SE S SW W NW E TRANSP WIND SPD...3 1 1 0 0 1 TRANS SPD (M/S)...1 0 0 0 0 0 DISPERSION........31 3 3 3 3 0 LVORI.............1 3 3 3 4 4 CWR...............0 10 10 10 10 10 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 1 TO 3 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 11 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 47 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 67 DECREASING TO 52 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........15 21 21 21 28 28 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............51 55 70 79 83 82 RH................83 77 53 39 35 36 20 FT WIND DIR....E E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....1 2 5 8 10 9 MIX HGT (FT)......100 600 2400 4300 5700 5700 MIX HGT (M).......30 180 730 1310 1740 1740 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E E SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD...1 3 8 13 16 15 TRANS SPD (M/S)...0 1 4 6 7 7 DISPERSION........1 3 25 50 69 67 LVORI.............6 4 2 1 1 1 CWR...............10 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101022.CRIPP.01/MOB