FNUS74 KMOB 022054 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 0924...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 254 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE CURRENTLY RETURNING GULF MOISTURE TO THE REGION...A WEAK COLD FRONT ADVANCING FROM THE WEST MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND USHERS DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY FOR A LONG DURATION AND WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER AN INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. WILL HOLD OFF ON THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT THIS TIME AS WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE BELOW CRITICAL VALUES...AND ERC VALUES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...FOG DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * NOTE - SMALL CHANGES IN MIXING HEIGHT VALUES BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AND THIS ONE ARE PRESENT...BUT OVERALL ARE GENERALLY THE SAME. * .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........26 26 58 72 72 23 WEATHER COV.......S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............59 54 51 49 47 44 RH................55 71 83 87 92 94 20 FT WIND DIR....SW SW SW NW NW N 20 FT WIND SPD....4 4 5 4 4 5 20 FT WIND GUST...10 10 12 12 12 12 MIX HGT (FT)......1800 800 500 500 500 400 MIX HGT (M).......550 240 150 150 150 120 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW W NW NW N TRANSP WIND SPD...6 6 7 8 8 7 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 3 4 4 3 DISPERSION........12 3 5 5 5 3 LVORI.............3 3 5 6 6 6 CWR...............20 20 20 20 20 20 .SUNDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........5 5 0 5 5 5 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............42 45 55 64 66 65 RH................92 88 57 34 29 30 20 FT WIND DIR....N N N NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD....3 3 3 5 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST... 14 14 14 MIX HGT (FT)......400 400 2700 5000 5500 5500 MIX HGT (M).......120 120 820 1520 1680 1680 TRANSP WIND DIR...N N N NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD...5 5 10 12 12 10 TRANS SPD (M/S)...2 2 4 5 5 4 DISPERSION........5 5 35 66 71 65 LVORI.............6 6 1 1 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...16 REQUESTED BY...BOBBY ISER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130202.DESOT.02/MOB