FNUS74 KMOB 082051
FWSMOB

SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO   1157...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
251 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON AN IGNITION TIME THAT OCCURRED AT 0930 CST ON MARCH
08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL STALL SOUTH OF THE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY...THEN BEGIN TO MOVE NORTH AS ANOTHER FRONT LATER SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW RESTORED...MOISTURE LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ON THE HIGH SIDE.

FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE TONIGHT AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...AND AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.


.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)...........98     98     98     100    100    100
WEATHER COV.......S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP..............70     68     67     66     65     64
RH................83     88     93     97     98     100
20 FT WIND DIR....SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD....10     9      7      5      4      2
20 FT WIND GUST...18
MIX HGT (FT)......2600   1200   500    500    400    400
MIX HGT (M).......790    370    150    150    120    120
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      SE     SE     E      NE
TRANSP WIND SPD...20     15     13     10     8      6
TRANS SPD (M/S)...9      7      6      4      4      3
DISPERSION........26     13     11     7      5      3
LVORI.............4      4      5      8      9      9
CWR...............40     40     40     40     40     40

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)...........100    100    100    97     97     97
WEATHER COV.......NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP..............63     65     68     68     65     61
RH................100    94     86     82     81     82
20 FT WIND DIR....SE     SE     SE     SE     N      N
20 FT WIND SPD....2      2      2      2      5      8
20 FT WIND GUST...
MIX HGT (FT)......400    1500   2600   3800   4100   3900
MIX HGT (M).......120    460    790    1160   1250   1190
TRANSP WIND DIR...N      NW     NW     N      NE     NE
TRANSP WIND SPD...6      6      6      9      12     14
TRANS SPD (M/S)...3      3      3      4      5      6
DISPERSION........3      11     17     33     32     38
LVORI.............9      5      4      3      3      3
CWR...............70     70     70     70     70     70

$$
FORECASTER...22
REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120308.DESOT.04/MOB