FNUS74 KMOB 111252 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO BLOCK 0904...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 752 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 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 82 RH................53 42 35 33 20 FT WIND DIR....NE E E SE 20 FT WIND SPD....5 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST... 12 12 12 MIX HGT (FT)......3100 5000 5900 5800 MIX HGT (M).......940 1520 1800 1770 TRANSP WIND DIR...N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD...6 6 5 3 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 2 1 DISPERSION........14 18 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 50 50 50 40 40 WEATHER COV.......S CHC WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............77 67 60 58 55 53 RH................39 55 65 67 68 66 20 FT WIND DIR....E E NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD....5 4 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......4300 2800 1500 700 300 400 MIX HGT (M).......1310 850 460 210 90 120 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...1 2 3 6 7 7 TRANS SPD (M/S)...0 1 1 3 3 3 DISPERSION........3 2 2 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 (%)...........40 26 26 26 25 25 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............50 54 67 73 77 78 RH................68 59 38 32 29 30 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....3 4 5 5 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST... 12 MIX HGT (FT)......400 1200 2700 3600 4300 4800 MIX HGT (M).......120 370 820 1100 1310 1460 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE E SE S S TRANSP WIND SPD...6 3 2 1 2 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 1 1 0 1 3 DISPERSION........6 5 8 5 12 32 LVORI.............3 3 2 2 2 1 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...13 REQUESTED BY...BOBBY ISER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120411.DESOT.02/MOB