FNUS74 KMOB 111230 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 1162...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 730 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........55 55 62 62 WEATHER COV.......S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............71 77 81 81 RH................55 44 38 36 20 FT WIND DIR....NE E E SE 20 FT WIND SPD....5 6 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST... 12 12 13 MIX HGT (FT)......3100 5000 5800 5600 MIX HGT (M).......940 1520 1770 1710 TRANSP WIND DIR...N N N NE TRANSP WIND SPD...5 5 5 3 TRANS SPD (M/S)...2 2 2 1 DISPERSION........11 14 15 11 LVORI.............2 2 2 2 CWR...............20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........62 51 51 51 42 42 WEATHER COV.......S CHC WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............77 67 61 59 56 53 RH................42 58 67 68 72 74 20 FT WIND DIR....SE E NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD....5 4 3 3 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......4800 3500 1600 800 400 400 MIX HGT (M).......1460 1070 490 240 120 120 TRANSP WIND DIR...E SE E NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...2 3 5 7 8 9 TRANS SPD (M/S)...1 1 2 3 4 4 DISPERSION........7 2 2 3 5 6 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 (%)...........42 28 28 28 27 27 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............51 55 67 72 76 77 RH................77 65 42 33 30 31 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....4 5 6 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST... 12 13 14 MIX HGT (FT)......400 1200 2600 3700 4500 5000 MIX HGT (M).......120 370 790 1130 1370 1520 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE E SE SE S TRANSP WIND SPD...8 7 5 2 3 7 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 2 1 1 3 DISPERSION........8 11 15 10 14 29 LVORI.............4 3 2 2 2 2 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...13 REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120411.DESOT.01/MOB