FNUS74 KMOB 021343 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR CHICK CPT 406...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 843 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WEDNESDAY... AND WILL THEN LIFT TOWARD THE GULF COAST REGION THURSDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL SUBSEQUENTLY INCREASE ACROSS OUR AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THURSDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO 3 TO 5 MILES TONIGHT...AND BETWEEN ONE TO TWO MILES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FOG MAY BECOME LOCALLY DENSE IN SPOTS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO AROUND 5800 AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO 11 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO AROUND 55 IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LVORI...............5 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........45 45 49 50 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............66 72 75 75 RH................56 44 39 39 20 FT WIND DIR....E E SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD....5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......4200 4200 5700 5900 MIX HGT (M).......1280 1280 1740 1800 TRANSP WIND DIR...E E SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD...9 9 9 9 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 3 4 DISPERSION........44 44 54 55 LVORI.............1 1 1 1 CWR...............10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....DECREASING TO 5. LVORI...............INCREASING TO 5. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........50 66 66 66 82 82 WEATHER COV....... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............72 66 59 56 54 52 RH................45 56 72 77 81 83 20 FT WIND DIR....SE SE E E NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD....5 4 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......5900 3100 1900 1900 800 500 MIX HGT (M).......1800 940 580 580 240 300 TRANSP WIND DIR...SE SE SE SE SE E TRANSP WIND SPD...9 3 5 5 3 5 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 1 5 5 1 2 DISPERSION........42 2 7 7 3 3 LVORI.............1 3 4 4 5 5 CWR...............10 10 10 10 20 20 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO EAST AROUND 17 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 35. LVORI...............5 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........82 89 89 89 91 91 WEATHER COV.......S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE......RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP..............51 53 60 66 69 69 RH................85 80 66 56 53 54 20 FT WIND DIR....NE NE E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD....5 5 7 7 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......500 800 1500 1500 2300 2700 MIX HGT (M).......300 240 460 460 700 820 TRANSP WIND DIR...SE E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD...5 10 12 12 13 17 TRANS SPD (M/S)...2 4 5 5 6 8 DISPERSION........3 11 17 17 26 35 LVORI.............5 4 2 2 2 1 CWR...............20 50 50 50 70 70 $$ FORECASTER...21 REQUESTED BY...DAVID BERENS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130402.CHICK.01/MOB