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FXUS64 KMOB 241122
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
622 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 621 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
- MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT WILL CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE
WILDFIRE ACTIVITY.
- A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW MAY RETURN THIS COMING
WEEKEND FOR MOST OF THE MARINE WATERS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1030 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026
LIGHT NORTHERLY SURFACE WINDS GRADUALLY SWITCH TO A SOUTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION BY WEDNESDAY AS A SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN STATES
BECOMES ORIENTED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. A SERIES OF
SHORTWAVES MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST REGION MAINLY DURING TUESDAY
NIGHT, WITH A WEAKER SET MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. DEEP
LAYER MOISTURE LOOKS LIMITED FOR THE MOST PART AND HAVE OPTED TO
CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST, ALTHOUGH CAN'T RULE OUT A FEW
SHOWERS/STORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER RIDGE
GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION GOING INTO THURSDAY THEN RETREATS
A BIT BACK TO THE WEST ON SATURDAY AS A LARGE UPPER TROF
PROGRESSES ACROSS THE INTERIOR EASTERN STATES. A COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO MEANWHILE MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS, BUT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL BE
TOO LIMITED TO CONSIDER POPS. THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE
AREA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING.
HIGHS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MOSTLY RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO
LOWER 80S, THEN TREND WARMER BY FRIDAY TO MAINLY THE LOWER TO MID
80S. SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND IN THE
MID 70S TO AROUND 80, WITH HIGHS ON SUNDAY REMAINING IN THE 70S.
HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80. LOWS
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT TEND TO RANGE FROM THE MID
50S TO AROUND 60, THEN TREND COOLER BY SATURDAY NIGHT TO RANGE
FROM THE UPPER 40S INLAND TO THE MID 50S NEAR THE COAST. LOWS
SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 50 WELL INLAND TO THE MID 50S
CLOSER TO THE COAST. /29
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 621 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
VFR FLIGHT CATEGORY PREVAILS ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS OUT OF THE
NORTH THIS MORNING AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS SHIFT BACK TO THE NORTHEAST
AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. MM/25
MARINE
ISSUED AT 149 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
A LIGHT EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS TODAY WITH LIGHT
ONSHORE FLOW LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY MOVE
OFFSHORE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND BRINGING A MODERATE TO STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW TO MOST MARINE WATERS. MM/25
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 80 58 78 60 / 0 0 10 0
PENSACOLA 76 61 73 60 / 0 0 0 0
DESTIN 74 58 71 59 / 0 10 0 0
EVERGREEN 78 52 78 53 / 0 0 10 0
WAYNESBORO 77 55 81 60 / 0 0 10 0
CAMDEN 75 55 77 57 / 0 0 10 0
CRESTVIEW 79 53 77 53 / 0 10 0 0
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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