FNUS74 KMOB 191306
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR C-41...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
706 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CST ON JANUARY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MORE SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP TODAY AS
A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST. THIS WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO MODIFY QUICKLY. SURFACE MOISTURE AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY DRY TODAY...BUT WILL MOISTEN
UP WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES BY FRIDAY AND REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DAYTIME DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GOOD TODAY AND
BECOME AVERAGE BY FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND BECOME MORE AREA-WIDE BY FRIDAY NIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN INCREASES
BY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%)...........3      3      26     26     26
WEATHER COV.......
WEATHER TYPE......NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP..............49     61     66     66     61
RH................55     38     31     36     47
20 FT WIND DIR....E      SE     S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....4      5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)......1000   1600   1600   1100   500
MIX HGT (M).......300    490    490    340    150
TRANSP WIND DIR...SE     S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...7      9      9      8      7
TRANS SPD (M/S)...3      4      4      4      3
DISPERSION........10     19     19     11     5
LVORI.............2      2      2      2      2
CWR...............0      0      10     10     10

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)...........50     50     50     73     73     73
WEATHER COV.......                     PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE......NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG    FOG    FOG
TEMP..............57     51     49     50     51     52
RH................54     60     66     73     78     86
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....5      5      3      2      2      3
MIX HGT (FT)......200    200    200    200    300    300
MIX HGT (M).......60     60     60     60     90     90
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...7      6      6      6      5      6
TRANS SPD (M/S)...3      3      3      3      2      3
DISPERSION........2      4      3      3      2      3
LVORI.............2      3      3      3      4      6
CWR...............10     10     10     10     10     10

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL HEARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120119.C41__.01/MOB