FNUS74 KMOB 132153 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR EARL CAMPBELL...FL. D.O.F. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 453 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1644 CDT ON MAY 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WILL PROVIDE SOME SPOTTY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP AROUND A HALF INCH. SOME PATCHES OF FOG DEVELOPING THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA OVERNIGHT WILL BRING COOLER AIR TO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SURFACE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 40 PERCENT BY SUNDAY. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT MOSTLY NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST INTO NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. PATCHY DENSE FOG. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-3100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....36 DECREASING TO 7. LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 6. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........83 86 86 86 62 62 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............82 76 69 66 64 64 RH................56 67 87 91 94 95 20 FT WIND DIR....W SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD....10 8 7 6 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)......3100 2600 2000 1000 500 500 MIX HGT (M).......940 790 610 300 150 150 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW S SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD...15 13 10 9 9 10 TRANS SPD (M/S)...7 6 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION........36 17 14 8 6 7 LVORI.............1 3 4 5 6 6 CWR...............40 50 50 50 30 30 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3900-4100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 8700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 7600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 47. LVORI...............7 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........62 60 60 60 57 57 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD S CHC WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR NONE TEMP..............64 68 74 81 85 86 RH................95 86 67 49 41 39 20 FT WIND DIR....SW W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD....5 6 7 9 11 12 MIX HGT (FT)......800 1800 3600 4100 5800 8700 MIX HGT (M).......240 550 1100 1250 1770 2650 TRANSP WIND DIR...W W W SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD...8 7 10 12 13 13 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 4 5 6 6 DISPERSION........5 17 35 32 41 48 LVORI.............7 4 3 1 1 1 CWR...............30 40 40 40 20 10 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...CHARLES CHRISTENSEN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110513.EARLC.01/MOB