FNUS74 KMOB 181313 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR PANTHER CREEK FIRE...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 813 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0804 CDT ON MAY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER VERY DRY DAY ACROSS THE REGION WITH LOWEST HUMIDITY DROPPING TO THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGES OVER THE FIRE SITE BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS EARLY WILL TURN MORE SOUTHWEST NEAR THE COAST AND WESTERLY INLAND BY AFTERNOON. DRY AGAIN THURSDAY WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THE CHANCES THEN...SLIGHT. THE CHANCES FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT WILL INCREASE BY THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........3 3 3 25 25 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............49 61 73 78 79 RH................77 53 32 25 24 20 FT WIND DIR....N NW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD....3 4 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)......1300 3000 5200 6400 6700 MIX HGT (M).......400 910 1580 1950 2040 TRANSP WIND DIR...N NW W W W TRANSP WIND SPD...7 8 9 9 9 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION........11 30 53 66 67 LVORI.............4 2 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........25 3 3 3 24 24 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............76 70 62 54 51 51 RH................29 34 54 73 82 81 20 FT WIND DIR....SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD....5 4 4 3 3 2 MIX HGT (FT)......5800 5000 4100 3300 2400 1600 MIX HGT (M).......1770 1520 1250 1010 730 490 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW SW SW SW S TRANSP WIND SPD...9 8 8 7 7 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 4 3 3 3 DISPERSION........57 4 3 3 3 3 LVORI.............1 2 2 3 5 5 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........24 6 6 6 6 6 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............50 58 74 83 88 88 RH................89 71 44 31 25 25 20 FT WIND DIR....SE SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....2 3 4 5 6 7 MIX HGT (FT)......700 1300 3400 5200 6300 6800 MIX HGT (M).......210 400 1040 1580 1920 2070 TRANSP WIND DIR...SE SE SE S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...6 7 8 10 12 13 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 4 4 5 6 DISPERSION........3 12 35 61 80 58 LVORI.............6 3 1 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...10 REQUESTED BY...TRACY SIMMONS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110518.PANTH.01/MOB