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FXUS64 KMOB 270518
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1218 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1217 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
- DANGEROUS HEAT STRESS CONTINUES TO WORSEN INTO MIDWEEK. HEAT
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND AN
EXTREME HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OUR COASTAL AREAS ON
TUESDAY.
- A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO RETURN MIDWEEK FOR
OUR FLORIDA BEACHES.
- DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INCREASE IN THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK, BUT IT WILL
STILL REMAIN HOT.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1217 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
A LARGE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL STATES WHICH EXTENDS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST STATES PERSISTS THROUGH
TUESDAY WHILE AN UPPER TROF WILL BE ORIENTED ALONG THE EAST COAST.
A SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN GULF INTO THE ARKLATEX REGION
WILL TEND TO PROMOTE A WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY SURFACE FLOW
OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY, WITH A SEA BREEZE
DEVELOPING NEAR THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON. A FORECAST PROBLEM
THROUGH TUESDAY IS WHETHER OR NOT A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES MOVING
THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL LEAD TO CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT MOVING INTO THE AREA (FROM THE NORTH) AND/OR
ENHANCING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SEA BREEZE. THERE
APPEARS TO BE SOME CONSENSUS AMONG CAMS THAT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE
SEA BREEZE IS THE MORE FAVORED SOLUTION, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT. HAVE FOR NOW CONTINUED WITH SLIGHT
CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY MOSTLY EAST OF THE TOMBIGBEE AND
MOBILE RIVERS THEN FOR TUESDAY WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
THE UPPER TROF AMPLIFIES AND RETROGRADES A BIT ON WEDNESDAY, THEN
EXPANDS TO ENCOMPASS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS PAST THURSDAY
AND GOING INTO SATURDAY. A SURFACE LOW WELL OFF TO THE NORTH LOOKS
TO BRING A WEAK COLD FRONT OR SURFACE TROF INTO THE FORECAST AREA
ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MEANDERS NEAR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA
ON THURSDAY AND POTENTIALLY LINGERS INTO FRIDAY BEFORE
DISSIPATING. HAVE GONE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS FOR
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIKELY POPS NEAR
THE COAST ON THURSDAY. A SURFACE LOW IS MEANWHILE ANTICIPATED TO
DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS BY FRIDAY AND ADVANCE TOWARDS THE FORECAST
AREA ON SATURDAY. HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM.
DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH TUESDAY, AND LIKELY MUCH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL.
HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH MOSTLY UPPER
90S TO AROUND 100 ANTICIPATED FOR TUESDAY. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY LOOK
TO RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S. HEAT INDEX VALUES ON MONDAY
WILL BE MOSTLY 108-111 THEN FOR TUESDAY VALUES OF 108-113 ARE
EXPECTED, WITH THE HIGHER VALUES NEAR THE COAST. A HEAT ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA ON MONDAY, THEN FOR TUESDAY AN
EXTREME HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES
WITH A HEAT ADVISORY ELSEWHERE. ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY
BECOME NECESSARY ON WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA, WHICH COULD
POSSIBLY INCLUDE AN EXTREME HEAT WATCH FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGHS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. HERE IS A TABLE OF THE RECORDS AND OUR CURRENT
FORECAST.
MONDAY, JULY 27
MOBILE RECORD HIGH: 99 (1968) / FORECAST: 97
PENSACOLA RECORD HIGH: 98 (1970) / FORECAST: 97
TUESDAY, JULY 28
MOBILE RECORD HIGH: 100 (1968) / FORECAST: 98
PENSACOLA RECORD HIGH: 98 (1993) / FORECAST: 97
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
MOBILE RECORD HIGH: 100 (1877) / FORECAST: 98
PENSACOLA RECORD HIGH: 100 (1986) / FORECAST: 97
A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY, THEN FOR
TUESDAY A LOW RISK IS ANTICIPATED FOR ALABAMA BEACHES WITH A
MODERATE RISK FOR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. FOR
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, A MODERATE RISK IS EXPECTED FOR ALABAMA
BEACHES WITH A HIGH RISK FOR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES.
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AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 656 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2026
GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
A 20-40% CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON MONDAY, MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AL AND NORTHWEST FL,
WHICH MAY CAUSE BRIEF DROPS TO MVFR OR LOWER. GENERALLY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5-10 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED, BECOMING MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY NEAR THE COAST MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SEA
BREEZE. JGC/98
MARINE
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2026
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE GULF TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY FOR WINDS OF 15-20 KNOTS. A DIURNAL WIND PATTERN IS
EXPECTED EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH A LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY
FLOW EARLY EACH MORNING TURNING WESTERLY TO OCCASIONALLY
SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SOLID A LIGHT
TO MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED THE LATTER HALF OF
THE WEEK. /22
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 77 98 77 99 / 0 10 10 20
PENSACOLA 79 98 80 98 / 0 20 20 20
DESTIN 81 95 81 95 / 10 20 20 20
EVERGREEN 75 96 75 97 / 0 20 20 0
WAYNESBORO 76 99 77 100 / 0 10 20 0
CAMDEN 76 94 76 96 / 0 40 20 0
CRESTVIEW 76 99 76 100 / 10 30 20 20
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR ALZ051>053-055-
056-059-060-261>266.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR ALZ051>060-261-
262.
EXTREME HEAT WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
FOR ALZ263>266.
FL...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR FLZ201>206.
EXTREME HEAT WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
FOR FLZ201>206.
MS...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR MSZ067-075-076-
078-079.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR MSZ067-075-076-
078-079.
GM...NONE.
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