FNUS74 KMOB 101047 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSON SPRING...FL FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 547 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN AREA BEGINNING AROUND 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ON SATURDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. GENERALLY GOOD DISPERSION OVER THE BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE UPPER 40S. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING BELOW ONE MILE AFTER MIDNIGHT. DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-4700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 15 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 41. LVORI...............10 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%)...........81 81 93 93 93 WEATHER COV....... SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............70 77 81 82 81 RH................72 58 49 49 52 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....6 9 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST... 17 17 MIX HGT (FT)......600 2500 4700 4700 4500 MIX HGT (M).......180 760 1430 1430 1370 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD...12 15 15 15 13 TRANS SPD (M/S)...5 7 7 7 6 DISPERSION........9 34 45 45 37 LVORI.............4 1 1 1 1 CWR...............10 10 50 50 50 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....37 DECREASING TO 5. LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 9. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........93 96 96 96 96 96 WEATHER COV.......SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............79 74 70 68 67 66 RH................57 71 83 88 92 96 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD....8 5 5 5 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......4500 1200 900 900 700 500 MIX HGT (M).......1370 370 270 270 210 150 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW S S S S SW TRANSP WIND SPD...13 9 8 8 7 6 TRANS SPD (M/S)...6 4 4 4 3 3 DISPERSION........37 6 5 5 5 4 LVORI.............1 3 5 5 6 9 CWR...............50 50 50 50 50 50 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3500-3700 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 32. LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 3. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........96 91 91 91 91 91 WEATHER COV.......SCTTRD DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE......TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP..............65 69 74 76 76 74 RH................100 90 78 73 73 76 20 FT WIND DIR....SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD....4 3 5 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......500 800 3500 3500 3700 3000 MIX HGT (M).......150 240 1070 1070 1130 910 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW SW SW SW W TRANSP WIND SPD...6 5 6 6 13 13 TRANS SPD (M/S)...3 2 3 3 6 6 DISPERSION........4 4 14 14 34 30 LVORI.............9 6 4 4 3 3 CWR...............50 80 80 80 80 80 $$ FORECASTER...22 REQUESTED BY...DAVID SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130510.THOMP.01/MOB