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FXUS64 KMOB 171853
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
153 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 150 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
- MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT WILL EXACERBATE WILDFIRE ACTIVITY.
- PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE DENSE, IS
POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT.
- STRONG MARINE WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT MAINLY FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 150 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
DEEP LAYER RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN AND SHIFT SOUTHEAST THIS WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
DIGS ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES. AHEAD OF THE TROUGH, A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT, CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
PATCHY DENSE FOG DEVELOPMENT AGAIN TONIGHT. A WEAKENING LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AS
THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE
ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH LOWER CHANCES ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER SUNDAY
MORNING, BUT WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST AS A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS
MOVES INTO THE REGION. DRY CONDITIONS RETURN FOR THE REMINDER OF
THE PERIOD.
HIGH TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S ON SATURDAY BEFORE
DROPPING BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S FOR SUNDAY. HIGHS WILL THEN
BE IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S THROUGH MIDWEEK. MUCH COOLER
OVERNIGHT LOWS CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHTS WITH LOWS IN THE MID AND UPPER 40S INLAND TO LOW 50S
NEAR THE COAST. LOWS WILL SLOWLY MODERATE THROUGH MIDWEEK. /13
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1246 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS
EVENING. CALM WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. MVFR VISIBILITY DUE TO
PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA,
ESPECIALLY NEAR SUNRISE, WITH LIFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT JKA
OVERNIGHT. 07/MB
MARINE
ISSUED AT 150 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
LIGHT ONSHORE CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING THEN SHIFTS
WESTERLY BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE NORTHWEST. MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WILL OCCUR SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT, FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT TO
MODERATE EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW INTO MIDWEEK.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 62 83 55 71 / 0 0 40 30
PENSACOLA 66 80 60 73 / 0 0 20 30
DESTIN 66 78 63 74 / 0 0 10 30
EVERGREEN 57 86 53 71 / 0 0 30 30
WAYNESBORO 60 85 50 70 / 0 10 60 30
CAMDEN 60 85 51 69 / 0 0 50 30
CRESTVIEW 57 85 57 74 / 0 0 10 30
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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