FNUS74 KMOB 101241 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 0924...U S FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 741 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .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 APPROACHING 90. 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) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........5 5 6 6 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............74 80 83 83 RH................45 33 29 29 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE E E 20 FT WIND SPD....5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......3800 6300 7700 7900 MIX HGT (M).......1160 1920 2350 2410 TRANSP WIND DIR...N N N NW TRANSP WIND SPD...10 10 10 9 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 4 4 DISPERSION........48 72 83 77 LVORI.............1 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........6 5 5 5 7 7 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............81 74 64 60 58 57 RH................34 46 71 81 85 85 20 FT WIND DIR....E E E NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD....4 3 2 0 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......5400 2900 400 300 200 100 MIX HGT (M).......1650 880 120 90 60 30 TRANSP WIND DIR...N NE E NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...8 7 5 2 2 2 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 2 1 1 1 DISPERSION........4 3 2 1 1 1 LVORI.............2 2 3 5 5 5 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........7 36 36 36 64 64 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............55 61 75 81 83 82 RH................88 72 46 36 33 35 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE E E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....1 3 5 7 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST... 14 15 14 MIX HGT (FT)......100 1300 3600 5800 6900 6700 MIX HGT (M).......30 400 1100 1770 2100 2040 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE NE E E E SE TRANSP WIND SPD...3 6 10 15 16 15 TRANS SPD (M/S)...1 3 4 7 7 7 DISPERSION........2 10 45 65 71 71 LVORI.............6 3 1 1 1 1 CWR...............0 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...12 REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120510.DESOT.01/MOB