FNUS74 KMOB 271124 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE BARNES...FL FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 624 AM CDT WED MAR 27 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CDT ON MARCH 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS... .DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA TODAY THEN SLOWLY SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND THURSDAY WITH ERC VALUES NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TODAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4300-4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 28 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 53 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 42 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............3 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........6 6 6 5 5 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............35 47 55 59 60 RH................63 42 27 22 22 20 FT WIND DIR....N N N N W 20 FT WIND SPD....4 5 5 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......500 2400 2400 4300 4500 MIX HGT (M).......150 730 730 1310 1370 TRANSP WIND DIR...N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD...9 9 9 10 8 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION........10 28 28 53 42 LVORI.............3 2 2 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....42 DECREASING TO 3. LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 3. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........5 6 6 6 8 8 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............56 48 43 41 39 36 RH................30 45 59 60 64 70 20 FT WIND DIR....W W NW NW N N 20 FT WIND SPD....5 4 2 2 2 3 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......4500 1100 300 300 300 300 MIX HGT (M).......1370 340 90 90 90 90 TRANSP WIND DIR...N NW N N NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD...8 7 5 5 5 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 2 2 2 3 DISPERSION........42 3 2 2 2 3 LVORI.............1 2 3 3 3 3 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 41. LVORI...............3 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........8 20 20 20 20 20 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............35 39 56 64 67 68 RH................73 71 41 27 23 24 20 FT WIND DIR....N N N N NE NW 20 FT WIND SPD....3 5 4 4 4 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......300 300 2600 2600 5000 5200 MIX HGT (M).......90 90 790 790 1520 1580 TRANSP WIND DIR...NE N N N N NW TRANSP WIND SPD...6 8 7 7 7 7 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 4 3 3 3 3 DISPERSION........3 8 23 23 40 41 LVORI.............3 3 2 2 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...29 REQUESTED BY...DAVID SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130327.BLUEB.01/MOB