FNUS74 KMOB 231946 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR CPT 395...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1505 CDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE MIXING LAYER EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY...WITH LIGHT... NORTHERLY FLOW IN THE MIXING LAYER INTO FRIDAY...THEN A RETURN TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW FOR THE COMING WEEKEND. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG IN LOW LYING AREAS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....57 DECREASING TO 3. LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 6. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........48 19 28 28 84 100 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............77 71 67 66 65 63 RH................53 66 76 78 81 85 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....8 10 8 8 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST... 17 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)......6000 1400 400 400 400 400 MIX HGT (M).......1830 430 120 120 120 120 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...13 12 9 9 7 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...6 5 4 4 3 3 DISPERSION........57 13 6 6 5 3 LVORI.............1 2 4 4 5 6 CWR...............10 0 0 0 10 10 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 13 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 24 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 30 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 5 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV....... SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD NUMRUS SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE......NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............62 65 72 76 78 78 RH................90 83 69 57 51 49 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S W 20 FT WIND SPD....5 5 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST... 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)......400 600 2800 2800 5300 1800 MIX HGT (M).......120 180 850 850 1620 550 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S SW SW SW NW TRANSP WIND SPD...6 6 10 10 13 16 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 3 4 4 6 7 DISPERSION........3 4 24 24 40 30 LVORI.............6 5 3 3 1 3 CWR...............10 40 40 40 60 30 $$ FORECASTER...77 REQUESTED BY...RODNEY LANDRUM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130423.CPT39.02/MOB