FNUS74 KMOB 191423
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEET BAY BOG...NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
823 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
RH................64     57     53     56
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....6      7      7      6
MIX HGT (FT)......1900   2700   1900   1100
MIX HGT (M).......580    820    580    340
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...12     14     13     9
TRANS SPD (M/S)...5      6      6      4
DISPERSION........28     42     30     13
LVORI.............2      1      2      2
CWR...............0      10     10     10

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
RH................64     70     75     82     87     94
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....5      5      4      3      2      3
MIX HGT (FT)......200    300    400    500    500    600
MIX HGT (M).......60     90     120    150    150    180
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...7      7      9      10     10     9
TRANS SPD (M/S)...3      3      4      4      4      4
DISPERSION........2      5      6      5      5      4
LVORI.............3      3      4      4      5      6
CWR...............10     10     10     20     20     20

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
RH................96     86     71     64     60     60
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      SW     S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....4      6      8      10     11     9
MIX HGT (FT)......600    1500   2400   3300   2500   1700
MIX HGT (M).......180    460    730    1010   760    520
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      SW     SW     SW     S
TRANSP WIND SPD...10     15     21     24     23     18
TRANS SPD (M/S)...4      7      9      11     10     8
DISPERSION........7      25     44     61     50     32
LVORI.............6      4      3      1      1      1
CWR...............20     20     20     20     20     20

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FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER
REQUESTED BY...BRYAN KREITER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120119.SWEET.01/MOB