FNUS74 KMOB 211331 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR CHICK CPT 395...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 731 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0745 CST ON FEBRUARY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TODAY WITH LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH BY MIDDAY. DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOME LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AND ENDS ON SATURDAY MORNING. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG LIKELY LATER TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BETWEEN ONE TO THREE MILES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 23 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 47 IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LVORI...............3 DECREASING TO 1 IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........61 61 61 94 94 94 WEATHER COV....... SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............41 50 60 65 65 65 RH................74 63 51 52 61 68 20 FT WIND DIR....E E E SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....1 9 9 14 15 15 20 FT WIND GUST...9 16 16 23 25 25 MIX HGT (FT)......400 1500 1500 2400 2700 2700 MIX HGT (M).......120 460 460 730 820 820 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E E SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD...10 26 26 23 23 23 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 12 12 10 10 10 DISPERSION........8 43 43 50 51 51 LVORI.............3 1 1 1 1 1 CWR...............10 10 10 40 60 60 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 16 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 18 TO 21 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....17 DECREASING TO 7 EARLY IN THE MORNING. LVORI...............3 INCREASING TO 5. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........98 98 98 81 81 81 WEATHER COV.......WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............65 65 65 63 63 62 RH................72 75 79 86 87 88 20 FT WIND DIR....SE SE S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD....14 14 11 7 7 5 20 FT WIND GUST...24 24 20 MIX HGT (FT)......600 600 600 600 600 300 MIX HGT (M).......180 180 180 180 180 90 TRANSP WIND DIR...SE SE SE S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...21 21 18 15 15 10 TRANS SPD (M/S)...9 9 8 7 7 4 DISPERSION........19 19 17 14 14 7 LVORI.............3 3 3 4 4 5 CWR...............90 90 90 60 60 60 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH INCREASING TO WEST AROUND 17 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 37 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 11 IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............5 DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 2 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........94 94 94 95 95 95 WEATHER COV.......WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............61 62 65 69 70 69 RH................89 84 73 62 59 61 20 FT WIND DIR....W W NW N N N 20 FT WIND SPD....3 3 3 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......200 200 1700 3100 3100 2400 MIX HGT (M).......60 60 520 940 940 730 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S W S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...7 7 17 5 5 5 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 8 2 2 2 DISPERSION........5 5 37 11 11 10 LVORI.............5 5 3 2 2 3 CWR...............80 80 80 80 80 80 $$ FORECASTER...29 REQUESTED BY...RODNEY LANDRUM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130221.CHICK.01/MOB