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FXUS64 KMOB 270544
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1244 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1243 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
- INCREASING CONCERN FOR WILDFIRE ACTIVITY ON SATURDAY WITH VERY
DRY AIR, BREEZY CONDITIONS, AND DRY FUELS. MODERATE TO EXTREME
DROUGHT WILL CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE WILDFIRE ACTIVITY.
- AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.
- STRONG MARINE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH ADVISORY-LEVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED. ANOTHER BUMP TO
ADVISORY- LEVEL CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AS EASTERLY
WINDS INCREASE.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1243 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
MAIN CONCERN OVERNIGHT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG. PROBABILISTIC
GUIDANCE IS HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST CHANCE FOR DENSE FOG ACROSS THE
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE
CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT FOG WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
ALABAMA, GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH/EAST OF I-65. A FEW ASOS/AWOS
SITES ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TO 1/2 MILE AS OF
MIDNIGHT. ANY FOG THAT DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT WILL PERSIST THROUGH
SUNRISE BEFORE GRADUALLY LIFTING BY MID-MORNING.
ATTENTION QUICKLY SHIFTS TO THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
EXPECTED BEHIND TODAY'S "DRY" COLD FRONT. THE SURFACE HIGH DRAPED
ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF THE FRONT LEADING TO ONE MORE DAY OF WELL ABOVE-AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE FRONT WILL PIVOT THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA THIS
EVENING WITH LITTLE FAN-FARE AS THERE ISN'T MUCH MOISTURE FOR IT TO
TAP INTO. CAN'T RULE OUT A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT, BUT MOST OF THE AREA WILL
REMAIN DRY AS THIS FRONT PASSES OVERHEAD. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT SETS UP BEHIND THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF DRY
AIR AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR (MORE ON THIS IN THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW).
HIGHS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE 10-15 DEGREES COOLER THAN
TODAY, SO ENJOY THE BRIEF PERIOD OF SPRING-LIKE WEATHER.
RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK ALLOWING
FOR BOTH THE TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE TO REBOUND. ISOLATED SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE RIDGE SLIDES TO OUR EAST
AND ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES DIVE ACROSS THE
PLAINS IN THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK LEADING TO
INCREASING RAIN CHANCES EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.
FOR NOW, WE AREN'T NECESSARILY SEEING A FLOOD OR SEVERE WEATHER
SIGNAL IN THE GUIDANCE AS MOST OF THE DYNAMICS REMAIN WELL TO OUR
NORTH AND WE ONLY GET CLIPPED BY THE RAIN NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER, WE
MAY NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SYSTEM THAT SLIDES THROUGH THE
AREA NEXT WEEKEND.
BEACH FORECAST - RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS QUICKLY INCREASES IN THE
STRENGTHENING SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WITH A HIGH RISK ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. RIP CURRENT MOS PROBABILITIES INDICATE THE THE RISK WILL
LIKELY BE MODERATE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE
HIGH-END MODERATE CONDITIONS. 07/MB
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 628 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. WINDS
RELAX OVERNIGHT AS LOW CEILINGS AND FOG QUICKLY DEVELOP AROUND
MIDNIGHT. EXPECT LIFR TO VLIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES TO
OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AS WINDS
TURN WESTERLY. FOG AND CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT THROUGH THE
MORNING AND WILL LIKELY RETURN TO MVFR BY MID-MORNING. 07/MB
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1243 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY FLOW TURNS NORTHERLY AND INCREASES
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND A FRONT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS
TURN EASTERLY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER INCREASE BACK TO ADVISORY-
LEVEL CONDITIONS FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
NO IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. 07/MB
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1243 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
THE SIGNIFICANT FIRE POTENTIAL INCREASES TO A HIGH ON SATURDAY DUE
TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHERLY
WINDS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRES
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH ON EXISTING FIRES. THE
ONGOING SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS A GOOD CHUNK OF
THE AREA WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE CONCERN FOR WILDFIRES. FOR THESE
REASONS, A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
ON SATURDAY. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP ON SATURDAY WILL LIKELY SPREAD
RAPIDLY. 07/MB
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 86 58 76 57 / 0 0 0 0
PENSACOLA 81 61 76 59 / 0 0 0 0
DESTIN 75 60 75 57 / 0 0 0 0
EVERGREEN 86 52 73 49 / 0 0 0 0
WAYNESBORO 84 52 70 51 / 0 0 0 0
CAMDEN 84 51 70 51 / 0 0 0 0
CRESTVIEW 86 55 77 51 / 0 0 0 0
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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