FNUS74 KMOB 081308 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR WHY NOT...FL. D.O.F. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 708 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0725 CST ON MARCH 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WHILE A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRIDAY NIGHT...USHERING SOMEWHAT DRIER AND COOLER AIR INTO THE AREA. A SOUTHERLY FLOW RESUMES LATER THIS WEEKEND. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........53 53 53 52 52 52 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............55 66 74 78 78 75 RH................100 81 61 53 51 57 20 FT WIND DIR....SE SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....5 8 10 10 9 6 20 FT WIND GUST... 15 17 18 16 12 MIX HGT (FT)......1200 2900 4000 4500 4500 2600 MIX HGT (M).......370 880 1220 1370 1370 790 TRANSP WIND DIR...SE S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...13 18 20 21 18 14 TRANS SPD (M/S)...6 8 9 9 8 6 DISPERSION........9 25 26 61 54 31 LVORI.............8 3 2 1 1 1 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........47 47 47 61 61 61 WEATHER COV....... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG FOG TEMP..............71 67 65 62 60 59 RH................66 77 83 88 94 98 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....5 4 3 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......1700 1100 700 500 600 600 MIX HGT (M).......520 340 210 150 180 180 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...12 9 8 7 6 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 4 4 3 3 3 DISPERSION........26 13 8 3 3 3 LVORI.............3 4 4 6 6 9 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........75 75 75 79 79 79 WEATHER COV.......SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............58 63 71 75 77 75 RH................100 88 70 63 57 58 20 FT WIND DIR....S E N SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD....1 2 3 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......600 1100 1700 2600 2600 2300 MIX HGT (M).......180 340 520 790 790 700 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW W W NW NW N TRANSP WIND SPD...5 6 8 10 12 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...2 3 4 4 5 5 DISPERSION........2 3 4 7 26 24 LVORI.............9 6 3 3 2 2 CWR...............40 40 40 40 40 40 $$ FORECASTER...13 REQUESTED BY...SHANNON BOWMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120308.WHYNO.01/MOB