FNUS74 KMOB 311417 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR SR 4 AND OLD MILLER RD...FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 917 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0845 CDT ON MARCH 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY AND NEARS THE GULF COAST TONIGHT. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TREND HIGHER AS THE FRONT NEARS. SOME OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME STORMS COULD BE STRONG AT TIMES...PRODUCING BRIEF BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS WHICH WILL VARY IN DIRECTION ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SMALL HAIL. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS TODAY AND MONDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...HOWEVER WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN FROM THE NORTH...THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS LOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6200-6400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 13 TO 16 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....INCREASING TO 54. (GENERALLY GOOD). LVORI...............7 THIS MORNING DECREASING TO 1 THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........40 53 53 77 77 WEATHER COV....... S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............61 69 74 77 78 RH................90 76 63 57 57 20 FT WIND DIR....SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD....4 6 6 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......300 3300 3300 6200 6400 MIX HGT (M).......90 1010 1010 1890 1950 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW SW S SW TRANSP WIND SPD...6 13 13 16 16 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 6 6 7 7 DISPERSION........4 32 32 54 54 LVORI.............7 3 3 1 1 CWR...............10 20 20 50 50 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500-600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 13 TO 16 MPH BECOMING WEST 8 TO 10 MPH EARLY AM. DISPERSION INDEX....DECREASING TO 7. (POOR). LVORI...............1 TO 4 IN EVENING...INCREASING TO 8 EARLY AM. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........77 90 90 90 100 100 WEATHER COV.......CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............75 69 65 64 62 60 RH................63 77 88 90 95 100 20 FT WIND DIR....SW SW SW SW SW W 20 FT WIND SPD....8 7 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......6400 1500 500 500 500 600 MIX HGT (M).......1950 460 150 150 150 180 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW SW SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD...16 15 13 13 10 8 TRANS SPD (M/S)...7 7 6 6 4 4 DISPERSION........54 17 11 11 9 7 LVORI.............1 3 4 4 6 8 CWR...............50 40 40 40 80 80 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST TO NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....INCREASING TO 27 TO 30 INTO THE AFTERNOON. (FAIR). LVORI...............8 EARLY DECREASING TO AROUND 1 IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........100 80 80 80 54 54 WEATHER COV.......DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............59 61 70 75 78 78 RH................100 94 68 56 49 46 20 FT WIND DIR....W NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD....4 4 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......600 600 3300 3300 6000 6300 MIX HGT (M).......180 180 1010 1010 1830 1920 TRANSP WIND DIR...W W NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD...8 6 7 7 9 8 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 3 3 4 4 DISPERSION........7 4 23 23 30 27 LVORI.............8 6 3 3 1 2 CWR...............80 40 40 40 40 40 $$ FORECASTER...10 REQUESTED BY...LT KEN SALTER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130331.SR4AN.01/MOB