000 FNUS74 KMOB 041404 FWSMOB SPOT FORECAST FOR 106E...E.N.R. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 804 AM CST THU DEC 4 2008 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON DECEMBER 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE LOW ENOUGH FOR ANY FIRE WX WATCHES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4000-4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 3100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 13 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LDSI................13 INCREASING TO 28 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 38 IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 27 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............8 DECREASING TO 5 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 4 EARLY IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1 INCREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........86 86 85 85 85 83 WEATHER COV.....ISOLD SCTTRD NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............60 63 65 65 61 57 RH..............77 70 68 69 75 81 20FT WIND (MPH).SE 5 S 8 S 8 S 8 NW 7 N 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3200 3900 4100 3900 2200 1100 MIX HGT (M).....980 1190 1250 1190 670 340 TRAN WIND (MPH).SE 13 S 14 S 15 S 14 NW 10 N 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 6 S 6 S 7 S 6 NW 4 N 4 DISPERSION......31 39 42 39 22 9 LVORI...........3 3 1 3 3 4 CWR.............50 50 70 70 70 30 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 500-700 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LDSI................12. LVORI...............4 INCREASING TO 5 LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 4 AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1000 FT AGL INCREASING 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1900-2000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO 2200-2300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LDSI................14 INCREASING TO 23 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 30 IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............5 DECREASING TO 2. $$ FORECASTER...MOB FORECASTER REQUESTED BY...BRETT WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20081204.106E_.01/MOB