FNUS74 KMOB 081656 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITMIRE...E.N.R. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1156 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1140 CDT ON JUNE 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE SPOT SITE AS OF 1150 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON...POTENTIALLY AFFECTING THE BURN SITE. WINDS WILL BECOME ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING SUDDEN SHIFTS IN WIND DIRECTION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 7000FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....AROUND 48 DECREASING TO 32 AROUND SUNSET. LVORI...............1 TO 2. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........44 58 58 58 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............91 91 91 90 RH................50 47 48 50 20 FT WIND DIR....SE SE S S 20 FT WIND SPD....9 11 12 12 MIX HGT (FT)......5100 7100 6800 5500 MIX HGT (M).......1550 2160 2070 1680 TRANSP WIND DIR...SE SE SE S TRANSP WIND SPD...12 12 8 5 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 5 4 2 DISPERSION........48 49 27 15 LVORI.............1 1 2 2 CWR...............50 50 50 50 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH EARLY IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....7 DECREASING TO 1 EARLY IN THE MORNING. LVORI...............3 EARLY IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 8 AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........58 43 43 43 27 27 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............87 80 75 72 71 70 RH................54 69 85 93 96 93 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S SE 20 FT WIND SPD....12 9 5 3 1 3 MIX HGT (FT)......4500 2400 400 400 400 300 MIX HGT (M).......1370 730 120 120 120 90 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW W SW SW W N TRANSP WIND SPD...3 5 7 5 3 2 TRANS SPD (M/S)...1 2 3 2 1 1 DISPERSION........11 6 5 2 2 1 LVORI.............2 3 5 6 8 7 CWR...............50 10 10 10 0 0 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 5400-5600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 3 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 38 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 58 IN THE AFTERNOON LVORI...............10 DECREASING TO 2 IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........27 38 38 38 50 50 WEATHER COV....... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............69 77 85 88 88 87 RH................97 78 59 54 52 53 20 FT WIND DIR....E E SE SE SE S 20 FT WIND SPD....5 5 6 7 8 9 MIX HGT (FT)......400 2100 5600 5400 5300 5200 MIX HGT (M).......120 640 1710 1650 1620 1580 TRANSP WIND DIR...N N E E NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...2 6 10 12 8 3 TRANS SPD (M/S)...1 3 4 5 4 1 DISPERSION........1 16 62 53 36 19 LVORI.............10 3 1 1 1 2 CWR...............0 10 10 10 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...MARLENE HOLLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110608.WHITM.01/MOB