FNUS74 KMOB 041147 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR H100A...E.N.R. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 647 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT AND MOIST SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AS WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. DISPERSIONS TODAY WILL BE POOR TO FAIR AT BEST WITH LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE MIXED LAYER. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FOG MAY BE LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........69 69 69 74 74 74 WEATHER COV.......PTCHY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......FOG SHWR SHWR TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............73 78 81 81 81 80 RH................86 76 70 70 69 71 20 FT WIND DIR....N SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....3 6 7 8 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......200 1200 2800 3300 3300 3000 TRANSP WIND DIR...N SE S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...4 7 7 8 8 9 DISPERSION........2 14 16 20 20 22 LVORI.............5 4 3 3 3 3 CWR...............30 30 30 30 30 30 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........74 62 62 62 41 41 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE TEMP..............79 77 74 71 69 67 RH................73 78 83 88 92 92 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....7 5 4 3 2 1 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......2700 2400 1900 1400 1100 1000 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S SE TRANSP WIND SPD...9 8 7 6 3 2 DISPERSION........21 5 5 3 2 1 LVORI.............3 4 5 6 7 7 CWR...............30 20 20 20 20 20 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........41 54 54 54 44 44 WEATHER COV....... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............68 72 81 83 83 82 RH................97 86 66 64 64 66 20 FT WIND DIR....SE SE S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD....1 2 3 6 8 9 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......800 1000 1900 2700 3000 2900 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE SE S SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD...2 2 5 6 8 10 DISPERSION........2 3 11 13 26 33 LVORI.............9 6 3 2 2 3 CWR...............20 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...16 REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120504.H100A.01/MOB