FNUS74 KMOB 032032 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 1021...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 232 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TONIGHT THEN CONTINUES INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ON MONDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BUT WILL NOT SATISFY OTHER CRITERIA FOR A RED FLAG WARNING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND BRING HIGH RAIN CHANCES TO THE AREA. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS GULF MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE REGION. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * NOTE - CHANGES BETWEEN THIS FORECAST AND PREVIOUS FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ARE SMALL. A LITTLE COOLER TONIGHT...WITH AFTERNOON TRANSPORT AND SURFACE WINDS MORE SOUTHERLY AND LIGHTER ON MONDAY THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. * .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........3 3 3 40 40 40 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............61 51 44 42 40 38 RH................38 56 72 80 87 93 20 FT WIND DIR....NW NW NW NW NW NE 20 FT WIND SPD....3 3 2 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......1800 800 500 300 300 300 MIX HGT (M).......550 240 150 90 90 90 TRANSP WIND DIR...NW NW N NE NE E TRANSP WIND SPD...6 6 5 5 5 5 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 2 2 2 2 DISPERSION........3 3 2 2 2 2 LVORI.............2 2 3 5 5 6 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .MONDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........85 85 85 95 95 95 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............36 39 51 62 65 64 RH................95 90 63 47 43 48 20 FT WIND DIR....E E SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....1 1 4 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......300 300 1700 3200 3700 3500 MIX HGT (M).......90 90 520 980 1130 1070 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E SE S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...5 5 8 10 10 8 TRANS SPD (M/S)...2 2 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION........5 5 18 34 38 28 LVORI.............6 6 2 1 1 2 CWR...............0 0 0 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...16 REQUESTED BY...BOBBY ISER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130203.DESOT.02/MOB