FNUS74 KMOB 051202 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE MONDAY...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 702 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0659 CDT ON JUNE 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE FCST AREA TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY AND BRING INCREASED RAIN CHANCES TO THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES DECREASE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS THE FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH AND STALLS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WHILE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH LATE WEEK. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...NO WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 7700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 6600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 13 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 18 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 68 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 50 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 35. LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........32 63 63 63 76 76 WEATHER COV.......S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............73 77 87 91 92 91 RH................98 80 62 52 49 49 20 FT WIND DIR....SW W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD....3 5 6 7 8 9 20 FT WIND GUST...10 12 14 15 16 MIX HGT (FT)......700 2000 4300 6500 6600 4300 MIX HGT (M).......210 610 1310 1980 2010 1310 TRANSP WIND DIR...W W W W W SW TRANSP WIND SPD...12 10 13 15 15 14 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 4 6 7 7 6 DISPERSION........6 7 18 68 51 39 LVORI.............9 4 2 1 1 1 CWR...............20 30 30 30 60 60 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900-1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 600-700 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. DISPERSION INDEX....19 DECREASING TO 2. LVORI...............2 INCREASING TO 9. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........76 56 56 56 46 46 WEATHER COV.......LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............87 82 75 73 71 70 RH................55 68 88 93 97 97 20 FT WIND DIR....SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD....9 8 6 5 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST...15 14 12 MIX HGT (FT)......2100 900 700 500 500 600 MIX HGT (M).......640 270 210 150 150 180 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW SW SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD...12 9 8 6 6 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 4 4 3 3 3 DISPERSION........23 12 7 4 4 2 LVORI.............2 3 5 6 9 9 CWR...............60 40 40 40 30 30 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 7100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 6000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 30 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 18 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 6 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1 INCREASING TO 2 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........46 55 55 55 72 72 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............70 74 83 89 91 91 RH................100 89 66 52 47 47 20 FT WIND DIR....W NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD....2 2 1 1 2 3 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......800 1900 3900 6000 6000 3800 MIX HGT (M).......240 580 1190 1830 1830 1160 TRANSP WIND DIR...W NW NW NW N NE TRANSP WIND SPD...6 6 7 7 7 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 3 3 3 3 DISPERSION........3 3 3 31 30 22 LVORI.............9 6 3 1 1 2 CWR...............30 40 40 40 40 40 $$ FORECASTER...32 REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL HEARD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120605.BLUEM.01/MOB