FNUS74 KMOB 111308 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR CHICK CPT 404...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 808 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0820 CDT ON APRIL 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR FLOWS INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY THEN GULF MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BUT WILL NOT SATISFY OTHER CRITERIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ON THURSDAY FOR A LONG DURATION OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ERC VALUES WILL BE MARGINALLY HIGH AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY AND CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL EITHER REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS OR NOT SATISFY DURATION REQUIREMENTS ON FRIDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........55 55 55 63 63 WEATHER COV.......S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............59 69 74 77 78 RH................70 46 37 32 30 20 FT WIND DIR....N NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD....4 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......1100 2300 3600 4000 3700 MIX HGT (M).......340 700 1100 1220 1130 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE N N NE TRANSP WIND SPD...6 5 5 5 7 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 2 2 2 3 DISPERSION........8 14 20 17 25 LVORI.............3 2 2 2 2 CWR...............20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........63 47 47 47 34 34 WEATHER COV.......S CHC WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............73 63 57 55 52 50 RH................37 55 65 66 70 73 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE N NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD....5 3 3 2 3 4 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......3100 2300 1200 600 300 300 MIX HGT (M).......940 700 370 180 90 90 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...8 8 7 6 6 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 3 3 3 3 DISPERSION........26 4 3 3 3 3 LVORI.............2 3 3 3 3 3 CWR...............20 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........34 20 20 20 19 19 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............47 51 64 71 75 76 RH................76 64 41 33 29 28 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD....3 4 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......300 1200 3000 3800 4300 4700 MIX HGT (M).......90 370 910 1160 1310 1430 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE N NW NW N TRANSP WIND SPD...6 5 3 1 1 2 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 2 1 0 0 1 DISPERSION........6 8 13 5 6 13 LVORI.............4 3 2 2 2 2 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...22 REQUESTED BY...RODNEY LANDRUM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120411.CHICK.01/MOB