FNUS74 KMOB 161938 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT 403...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 238 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1455 CDT ON MARCH 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS POSITIONED ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN GULF. THIS RESULTS IN A GENERALLY LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW. DEEP AFTERNOON MIXING HEIGHTS CAN BE EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S NORTH OF THE COASTLINE. AFTERNOON DISPERSIONS WILL RANGE FROM GENERALLY GOOD TO GOOD. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AS WELL AS STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. PATCHY FOG IS ALSO POSSIBLE FURTHER INLAND...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR DENSE FOG. THE BEST TIME FRAME FOR FOG WILL AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........45 60 60 60 70 70 WEATHER COV....... PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG TEMP..............80 73 66 62 60 59 RH................41 52 70 81 88 91 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....6 5 3 2 1 0 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......1800 700 500 200 400 500 MIX HGT (M).......550 210 150 60 120 150 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...9 9 9 8 7 5 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 4 4 3 2 DISPERSION........22 10 4 4 3 2 LVORI.............2 2 3 5 6 6 CWR...............10 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........70 56 56 56 56 56 WEATHER COV.......PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE......FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............57 60 67 76 81 82 RH................94 92 71 53 45 43 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....1 2 3 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......500 1000 2900 4700 5200 4400 MIX HGT (M).......150 300 880 1430 1580 1340 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...2 2 5 7 9 10 TRANS SPD (M/S)...1 1 2 3 4 4 DISPERSION........1 1 2 21 29 30 LVORI.............7 7 3 2 2 2 CWR...............0 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...13 REQUESTED BY...RODNEY LANDRUM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120316.CPT40.02/MOB