FNUS74 KMOB 101258 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR 702E...EGLIN AFB NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 758 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...A DRY SPELL HAS SET IN FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY AS COOLER...DRIER NORTHERLY AIR HAS SET IN. WITH RH VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 28 TO 31 PERCENT RANGE TODAY...DISPERSIONS RISING TO ABOVE 90 OVER COASTAL AREA...AND ERC VALUES FOR TODAY FORECAST TO BE AROUND 26...WILL ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES FROM OVER THE MISS RIVER VALLEY TO OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...MIXING LAYER WINDS SWITCH TO MORE NORTHEAST TO EASTERLY OVER THE FA...MODERATING THE RH LEVELS A BIT...ALONG WITH WEAKENING THE MIXING LAYER WINDS. BY SATURDAY...SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW HAS BEEN RESTORED IN THE MIXING LAYER...INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF AN EXTENDED WET PERIOD BEGINNING SATURDAY...LASTING INTO MONDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........6 6 5 5 5 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............73 79 81 82 81 RH................51 38 33 33 35 20 FT WIND DIR....W W S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD....6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST...12 12 12 12 MIX HGT (FT)......2500 4800 7200 7400 6300 MIX HGT (M).......760 1460 2190 2260 1920 TRANSP WIND DIR...N N N NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD...13 13 13 13 12 TRANS SPD (M/S)...6 6 6 6 5 DISPERSION........38 68 91 91 79 LVORI.............1 1 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........5 5 5 5 5 5 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............79 74 67 62 58 56 RH................38 48 65 77 85 88 20 FT WIND DIR....SW W W NW N N 20 FT WIND SPD....5 5 3 2 1 2 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......5100 2800 400 300 200 100 MIX HGT (M).......1550 850 120 90 60 30 TRANSP WIND DIR...NW NW W NW N N TRANSP WIND SPD...12 9 7 5 3 5 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 4 3 2 1 2 DISPERSION........7 5 4 3 2 3 LVORI.............2 2 3 4 5 6 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........5 2 2 2 27 27 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............56 64 79 83 84 83 RH................90 69 40 35 34 37 20 FT WIND DIR....N NE E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....3 5 6 8 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST... 12 14 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)......100 1300 3600 5900 7000 7000 MIX HGT (M).......30 400 1100 1800 2130 2130 TRANSP WIND DIR...N NE NE E E E TRANSP WIND SPD...6 9 13 15 16 16 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 4 6 7 7 7 DISPERSION........3 16 52 67 78 78 LVORI.............6 3 1 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...12 REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120510.702E_.01/MOB