Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Mobile, AL
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FNUS74 KMOB 182008
FWSMOB
Spot Forecast for Desoto Block 6306 East...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
308 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions are expected today and Friday. Afternoon relative
humidity values remain above critical levels. A southerly transport
flow is expected today, becoming light southwesterly on Friday.
Dispersion index values will be generally good today and Friday.
Fog potential and other remarks...Patchy fog development is
expected again tonight. Fog may briefly become dense around or a
little before sunrise.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...975 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....43.
LVORI...............1.
Stability class.....3.
TIME (CDT) 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........79 80
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10
LAL.............1 1
Temp............82 82
RH..............58 56
20 FT wind dir..S S
20 FT wind spd..9 9
20 FT wind gust.15 15
Mix hgt (ft)....3200 3200
Mix hgt (m).....980 980
Transp wind dir.S S
Transp wind spd.14 14
Trans wind dir..S S
Trans spd (m/s).6 6
Dispersion idx..44 44
LVORI...........1 1
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Patchy fog
overnight.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening becoming
light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-975 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....44 decreasing to 7.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........64 74 71 71 74 80
Weather cov..... PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............80 74 71 69 69 68
RH..............62 79 87 97 97 100
20 FT wind dir..S S S S SSW SW
20 FT wind spd..8 7 6 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.13 12 9 7 6 5
Mix hgt (ft)....3200 600 600 500 500 500
Mix hgt (m).....980 180 180 150 150 150
Transp wind dir.S S S S SSW SW
Transp wind spd.13 12 12 12 9 7
Trans wind dir..S S S S SSW SW
Trans spd (m/s).6 5 5 5 4 3
Dispersion idx..44 8 8 6 4 3
LVORI...........1 4 6 8 9 9
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1615 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 9 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 2 to 4 meters/second.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 46.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........78 71 68 56 45 49
Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............68 70 77 82 85 87
RH..............97 93 74 58 50 46
20 FT wind dir..SW SW WSW SW SW SSW
20 FT wind spd..1 2 5 5 6 7
20 FT wind gust.2 5 6 7 8 9
Mix hgt (ft)....500 1300 2900 4000 5000 5100
Mix hgt (m).....150 400 880 1220 1520 1550
Transp wind dir.WSW WSW W WSW WSW SW
Transp wind spd.6 5 8 6 7 8
Trans wind dir..WSW WSW W WSW WSW SW
Trans spd (m/s).3 2 4 3 3 4
Dispersion idx..3 9 25 24 39 47
LVORI...........9 8 3 2 1 1
$$
Forecaster...21
Requested by...Cliff Willis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov