FNUS74 KMOB 241325 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR C-54...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 725 AM CST MON JAN 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0720 CST ON JANUARY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .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) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........60 60 88 96 92 97 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............28 41 52 59 61 57 RH................97 62 39 31 31 38 20 FT WIND DIR....E E SE SE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD....4 5 6 6 5 4 MIX HGT (FT)......500 1000 1600 1800 1800 1300 MIX HGT (M).......150 300 490 550 550 400 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E SE SE SE E TRANSP WIND SPD...8 10 12 12 10 8 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 5 5 4 4 DISPERSION........7 14 19 20 18 11 LVORI.............8 2 2 2 2 2 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........99 99 99 99 99 99 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE......RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP..............54 51 49 47 46 44 RH................44 50 55 61 76 89 20 FT WIND DIR....E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD....3 5 5 5 5 6 MIX HGT (FT)......1000 700 500 300 200 100 MIX HGT (M).......300 210 150 90 60 30 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE NE N NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...7 9 10 10 10 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 4 4 4 4 5 DISPERSION........8 6 7 7 7 10 LVORI.............2 2 3 3 4 5 CWR...............50 50 50 50 80 80 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...DFMO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110124.C54__.01/MOB