958
FXUS64 KMOB 150445
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1145 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1145 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
- RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S ARE
EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH MID TO UPPER 80S FOR FRIDAY. WITH MANY
AREAS STILL WITHOUT POWER AND RECOVERY EFFORTS FROM HURRICANE
ISAIAS ONGOING, THESE TEMPERATURES COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED
RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.
- STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT, BECOMING EASTERLY AND LASTING INTO THE WEEKEND. GALE
FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE, WITH CONDITIONS POSING A HAZARD
TO SMALL CRAFT.
- A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS RETURN TO AREA BEACHES
FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1145 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA OVERNIGHT, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AT THIS POINT. A LARGE UPPER
TROF PROGRESSES ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES LATE IN THE WEEK, WITH
AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST OF THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY, BUT OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. RECORD OR NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE FOR THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S,
THEN HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE MODERATED SLIGHTLY WITH HIGHS MOSTLY
IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT RANGE FROM THE LOWER
60S INLAND TO THE MID/UPPER 60S CLOSER TO THE COAST. HERE'S THE
CURRENT FORECAST FOR HIGHS ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH THE RECORD
VALUES:
MOBILE 89, RECORD 89
PENSACOLA 88, RECORD 89
MUCH COOLER AIR FLOWS INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.
HIGHS ON SATURDAY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S WELL INLAND TO THE
LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE, AND HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL BE SIMILAR. LOWS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S WELL
INLAND TO THE MID 50S AT THE COAST. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND
FOLLOWS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH HIGHS ON TUESDAY REACHING THE
UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S, AND LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM
THE LOWER 50S WELL INLAND TO NEAR 60 AT THE COAST. A LOW RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY THEN TRENDS TO A HIGH RISK
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. /29
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1145 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA, WITH THE POTENTIAL OF DENSE FOG DEVELOPING AND INCREASING
IN COVERAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. FOG THAT DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT WILL DISSIPATE
THURSDAY MORNING LEAVING VFR CONDITIONS. CALM OR LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS OVERNIGHT TRANSITION TO A SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AROUND
5 KNOTS ON THURSDAY. /29
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1240 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
A LIGHT, DIURNALLY VARIABLE, THE REST OF THE WEEK BECOMES
A STRONG TO VERY STRONG EASTERLY FRIDAY NIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT
MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY. A SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING
SOUTH ALONG THE APPALACHIANS LATER IN THE WEEKEND INTO THE COMING
WEEK WILL SHIFT WINDS TO EASTERLY, WHILST REMAINING STRONG,
ESPECIALLY OVER OPEN GULF WATERS.
/16
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 62 89 65 86 / 0 0 0 10
PENSACOLA 66 88 68 84 / 0 0 0 10
DESTIN 69 85 69 82 / 0 0 0 20
EVERGREEN 61 90 61 87 / 0 0 0 0
WAYNESBORO 60 90 62 88 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN 60 89 62 86 / 0 0 0 0
CRESTVIEW 61 89 63 86 / 0 0 0 10
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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