FNUS74 KMOB 151342 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO BURN BLOCK 1354...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 842 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL REMAIN ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL EXTEND FROM THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC...WESTWARD INTO THE EASTERN GULF. WITH DEEP MIXED LAYERS...GOOD DISPERSION FORECAST TODAY AND GENERALLY GOOD ON THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH THURSDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 1 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO SOUTH 13 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 57. LVORI...............4 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........15 15 36 36 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............77 81 84 84 RH................50 41 36 36 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....4 4 7 10 20 FT WIND GUST... 17 MIX HGT (FT)......2600 2600 4300 4300 MIX HGT (M).......790 790 1310 1310 TRANSP WIND DIR...SW SW S S TRANSP WIND SPD...8 8 13 16 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 4 6 7 DISPERSION........27 27 53 61 LVORI.............2 2 1 1 CWR...............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 13 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....61 DECREASING TO 6. LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 9. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%)...........36 48 48 48 52 52 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............80 72 67 64 63 62 RH................44 62 78 86 90 94 20 FT WIND DIR....S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....10 6 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST...17 MIX HGT (FT)......4300 2400 500 500 500 500 MIX HGT (M).......1310 730 150 150 150 150 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...16 13 9 9 8 8 TRANS SPD (M/S)...7 6 4 4 4 4 DISPERSION........61 17 6 6 6 6 LVORI.............1 2 4 4 6 9 CWR...............0 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 45. LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%)...........52 67 67 67 55 55 WEATHER COV....... WEATHER TYPE......NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP..............60 66 75 80 82 83 RH................100 85 67 56 51 50 20 FT WIND DIR....S SE S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD....4 2 5 5 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST... MIX HGT (FT)......500 1000 2800 2800 4500 4500 MIX HGT (M).......150 300 850 850 1370 1370 TRANSP WIND DIR...S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD...8 7 10 10 15 15 TRANS SPD (M/S)...4 3 4 4 7 7 DISPERSION........6 9 25 25 45 45 LVORI.............9 4 2 2 1 1 CWR...............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...32 REQUESTED BY...EDDIE BAGGETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130515.DESOT.01/MOB