FNUS74 KMOB 241335 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR 504...E.N.R. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 735 AM CST MON JAN 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON JANUARY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN TODAY WHILE LOW PRESSURE TAKES SHAPE OFF THE TEXAS COAST. ALTHOUGH THE HIGH BREAKS DOWN...LATEST FORECASTS CALL FOR DEWPOINTS TO REMAIN LOW ENOUGH ONE MORE DAY...WHEN COMBINED WITH MODERATED TEMPERATURES TO YIELD ABOUT A FOUR HOUR DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. TUESDAY...LOW PRESSURE SKIRTS ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE COAST ALONG A WARM FRONT DRAPED PARALLEL TO THE COAST. A SURFACE BASED INVERSION WILL BE THE MIXED LAYER HEIGHT ON TUESDAY...EXTREMELY SHALLOW RESULTING IN POOR DAYTIME DISPERSIONS. RAINFALL LOCALLY HEAVY... SPREADS EASTWARD BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST ZONES THEN ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........68 90 97 95 94 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............42 53 58 59 57 RH................67 44 37 39 49 20 FT WIND DIR....E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD....9 9 9 8 6 MIX HGT (FT)......1000 1600 1800 1800 1300 MIX HGT (M).......300 490 550 550 400 TRANSP WIND DIR...E SE SE SE E TRANSP WIND SPD...16 15 15 14 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...7 7 7 6 5 DISPERSION........21 26 27 25 18 LVORI.............3 2 2 2 2 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........94 98 99 99 99 99 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE......RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP..............54 51 50 48 47 46 RH................58 66 72 78 82 85 20 FT WIND DIR....E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD....6 9 11 11 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)......1000 800 500 300 300 200 MIX HGT (M).......300 240 150 90 90 60 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E NE N NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...12 15 17 17 16 16 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 7 8 8 7 7 DISPERSION........15 14 16 15 15 14 LVORI.............2 3 3 4 4 4 CWR...............40 40 40 40 100 100 .TUESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........99 99 99 99 99 99 WEATHER COV.......DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE......RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP..............46 47 51 55 56 56 RH................86 100 95 83 80 83 20 FT WIND DIR....E E E E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....10 10 11 10 7 5 MIX HGT (FT)......200 200 300 400 400 400 MIX HGT (M).......60 60 90 120 120 120 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD...16 18 17 16 13 10 TRANS SPD (M/S)...7 8 8 7 6 4 DISPERSION........15 7 8 10 8 7 LVORI.............4 8 6 4 4 4 CWR...............100 100 100 100 100 100 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...BRETT WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110124.504__.01/MOB