FNUS74 KMOB 161342 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 0904...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 842 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE AREA TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HIGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT PATCHY FOG COULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........61 61 79 79 WEATHER COV.......SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............77 79 81 81 RH................72 65 61 59 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....7 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST... 16 16 MIX HGT (FT)......2800 4400 5300 5500 MIX HGT (M).......850 1340 1620 1680 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...5 10 13 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...2 4 6 5 DISPERSION........11 30 40 37 LVORI.............3 3 1 1 CWR...............40 40 40 40 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........79 80 80 80 90 90 WEATHER COV.......SCTTRD LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............79 73 69 68 66 65 RH................64 77 86 89 94 99 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S W NW NE 20 FT WIND SPD....7 5 2 1 1 3 20 FT WIND GUST...13 MIX HGT (FT)......4600 3700 2800 1200 400 500 MIX HGT (M).......1400 1130 850 370 120 150 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD...9 7 5 3 3 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 2 1 1 3 DISPERSION........27 5 2 2 2 3 LVORI.............2 4 6 7 7 9 CWR...............40 70 70 70 70 70 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........90 97 97 97 97 97 WEATHER COV.......LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............63 65 71 74 76 76 RH................100 93 79 69 63 62 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE NE E NE N 20 FT WIND SPD....4 5 5 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......700 1200 2300 3300 3500 2800 MIX HGT (M).......210 370 700 1010 1070 850 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E SE S S SW TRANSP WIND SPD...8 10 14 16 15 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 6 7 7 5 DISPERSION........9 15 29 54 52 36 LVORI.............8 5 3 1 1 1 CWR...............70 70 70 70 70 70 $$ FORECASTER...21 REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120416.DESOT.02/MOB