068
FXUS64 KMOB 160629
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
129 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
- STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED TO POSE AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR
ADDITIONAL NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES OVER
PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.
- STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON
SATURDAY, CREATING AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES.
- DANGEROUS MARINE CONDITIONS DEVELOPING FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS. IN ADDITION, A HIGH
RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS RETURN TO AREA BEACHES FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
MONITORING THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT ACROSS THE
AREA AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GRADUALLY INCREASES AND WINDS BECOME
LIGHT. THIS WILL FAVOR FOG, SOME POTENTIALLY DENSE IN SOME AREAS
ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL ALABAMA INTO THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE WHERE MOISTURE WILL BE GREATEST. AT THIS TIME, IT
APPEARS THAT LIMITED COVERAGE WILL PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR A DENSE
FOG ADVISORY.
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY THEN OFF OF
THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL DRIVE A STRONG
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
MOISTURE ADVECTION IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED,
BUT MAY BE ENOUGH ALONG WITH LIFT ALONG THE FRONT TO PRODUCE A FEW
SHOWERS TODAY ALONG THE COAST. MOST AREAS SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
ANOTHER POTENTIALLY HIGH IMPACT WEATHER SITUATION IS LIKELY TO
DEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT,
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION AND MIXING WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF STRONG NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS LATER FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY. THIS RAISES CONCERNS ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT
EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE INTO INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
LATEST SHORT-TERM HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DOWN NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL TREES THAT
WERE DAMAGED BY THE EXTREME WIND EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STING
JET ON THE WEST SIDE OF HURRICANE ISAIAS. THIS WOULD LIKELY RESULT
IN ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. WE PLAN TO
ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING AND ADD SPECIAL WORDING TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS THREAT.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND ONLY RECOVERING INTO THE UPPER 60S
TO LOWER 70S, WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S OVER INTERIOR
AREAS TO THE LOWER 50S NEAR THE COAST.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REBUILD INTO THE FORECAST AREA EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH DRY WEATHER AND SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES
ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT WEEK. /JLH
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
VFR CONDITION FOLLOW FOR SATURDAY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS
DEVELOPING FRIDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. /13
MARINE
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE TONIGHT,
SLOWLY BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT PASSES OVER AREA WATERS. A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY, CONTINUING
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WELL OFFSHORE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS
LIKELY FOR PROTECTED WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS
BEGIN TO GRADUALLY EASE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY, WITH SMALL
CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE BAYS AND SOUNDS. /JLH
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 115 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
FOR SATURDAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS...
AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH SUNRISE WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW PATCHES OF DENSE FOG NEAR THE COAST. ANY FOG
WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE FRIDAY MORNING.
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY
EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS NEAR THE COAST. A DRY DAY IS EXPECTED
SATURDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN ABOVE
CRITICAL LEVELS FRIDAY, BUT MAY SEE DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 30-35% RANGE IN SOME AREA. SURFACE WINDS
MAY BE A PROBLEM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTER A STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS
WILL BE MOSTLY WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY ON FRIDAY AND NORTHERLY
SATURDAY. DISPERSION INDEX VALUES WILL BE FAIR TO GOOD ON FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON SATURDAY FALL TO BETWEEN
25-30% BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL INCREASE THE WILDFIRE
DANGER. /JLH
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 86 53 70 51 / 10 10 0 0
PENSACOLA 84 56 71 54 / 20 10 0 0
DESTIN 82 58 72 56 / 10 10 0 0
EVERGREEN 87 50 69 47 / 0 0 0 0
WAYNESBORO 88 49 69 46 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN 86 50 67 46 / 0 0 0 0
CRESTVIEW 86 54 70 50 / 10 10 0 0
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
ALZ054>060-261>266.
FL...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
FLZ201>206.
MS...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
MSZ078-079.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR MSZ067-075-076-078-079.
GM...GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
GMZ630>636.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR
GMZ630>636.
GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR
GMZ650-655.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR
GMZ650-655.
GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR
GMZ670-675.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR
GMZ670-675.
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