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FXUS64 KMOB 120548
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1248 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1248 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026
- WARM TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH BOTH
HIGHS AND LOWS ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT WITH NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WILL EXACERBATE WILDFIRE ACTIVITY.
- A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH MIDWEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1248 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WILL
BECOME FLATTENED BEFORE MOVING OUT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AS
SHORTWAVE ENERGY PASSES OVER THE GREAT LAKES. UPPER RIDGING,
HOWEVER, WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND GULF WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. A LARGE 1032MB
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA WILL MOVE
OUT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC, BUT A SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND MUCH OF THE GULF THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WITH NO RAIN EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES
INLAND WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 80S TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND
LIKELY REACH THE UPPER 80S ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THESE HIGHS
WILL BE ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY
AND 7 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LOWS
INLAND WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT AND IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. COASTAL LOWS WILL RANGE
FROM 60 TO 65 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE
60S THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO LOWER TO BETWEEN 1 TO 2 MILES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING, WITH SCATTERED DENSE FOG POSSIBLE.
BEACH FORECAST: A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED
THROUGH MIDWEEK. /22
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1248 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO IFR AND EVENTUALLY LIFR
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA AS FOG DEVELOPS MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
84. LIFR AND EVEN SOME LOCAL VLIFR VISBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST
PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO VFR BY MID
MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. BB-8
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1131 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
A LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENTUALLY TURNS SOUTHERLY ON THURSDAY. /29
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 82 61 82 60 / 0 0 0 0
PENSACOLA 77 63 77 61 / 0 0 0 0
DESTIN 76 64 76 62 / 0 0 0 0
EVERGREEN 87 54 85 54 / 0 0 0 0
WAYNESBORO 85 59 85 59 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN 86 56 84 55 / 0 0 0 0
CRESTVIEW 85 54 83 54 / 0 0 0 0
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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