901
FXUS64 KMOB 110550
AFDMOB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1250 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
- PATCHY, LOCALLY DENSE FOG CAN'T BE RULED OUT AGAIN LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
- A STRONG STORM OR TWO CAN'T BE RULED MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE.
- DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES RETURN TO THE
FORECAST MID TO LATE WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
ONE LAST SHOT OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
MONDAY BEFORE A PATTERN SWITCH BRINGS OUR FIRST REAL TASTE OF
SUMMER BY THE WEEKEND. OUR FINAL SYSTEM ARRIVES TODAY AS A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTS ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. RATHER STOUT UPPER
DIFFLUENCE WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOUR AND STORMS WILL LIKELY FORM ALONG A
BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKING AT
FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND THERE IS CERTAINLY THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
STRONGER STORMS WITH HAIL AND POSSIBLY A DAMAGING WIND GUST OR TWO
AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS RATHER PALTRY, BUT
MODEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 40 KNOTS COULD SUPPORT SOME
ORGANIZED CLUSTERS AND POTENTIALLY A TRANSIENT SUPERCELL OR TWO
AS STORMS BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD NOT
LAST LONG AS STORMS CLUSTER AND IMPINGE UPON EACH OTHER. DEEP
MOIST PROFILES GENERALLY TEND TO NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF LARGE HAIL;
HOWEVER, WEAK STORM RELATIVE INFLOWS, DECENT INSTABILITY WITHIN
THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE COULD SUPPORT AN INSTANCE OR TWO OF SEVERE
HAIL (1 INCH OR GREATER) IN ANY TRANSIENT SUPERCELLULAR
STRUCTURES THAT DO DEVELOP. DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE
IF ANY ORGANIZED CLUSTERS THAT DO DEVELOP AND ARE ABLE TO MIX
DOWN STRONGER MID-LEVEL WINDS. ON-TOP OF THE LOW END POTENTIAL
FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS, HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PWATS WILL BE IN THE 1.8 TO 2 INCH RANGE AND WITH PLENTY OF
INSTABILITY, SOME HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES COULD BE POSSIBLE LEADING
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS. THE GREATEST CONCERN WILL LIKELY
BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE WHERE ENSEMBLE MEANS ARE IN THE 2
TO 4 INCH RANGE WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER POCKETS. IF THESE HIGHER
POCKETS OCCUR OVER POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS ALONG THE COAST THEN
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. LUCKILY EVEN WITH ALL THE RAIN
WE HAVE HAD WE ARE STILL IN A RATHER SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT WHICH IS
LIKELY KEEPING US FROM MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONCERNS.
BY MONDAY NIGHT THE UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST USHERING
IN A SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER PATTERN BY MIDWEEK. UPPER RIDGING WILL
STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL US LEADING TO DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THIS UPPER RIDGE
WILL FLATTEN OUT AND SHIFT EASTWARD WITH TIME LEADING TO A GRADUAL
WARMUP THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGHS TOP OUT IN THE 90S BY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BE HARD TO COME BY FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND OUR FIRST REAL TASTE OF THE UPCOMING SUMMER
WILL BE UPON US BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. BB-8
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
VFR CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE AT ISSUANCE TIME.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS, PATCHY FOG/LOW STRATUS MAY START TO
DEVELOP OVER OUR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
COUNTIES, POSSIBLY BRINGING BRIEF REDUCTIONS TO IFR OR LIFR. ANY
FOG/STRATUS THAT DOES MANAGE TO DEVELOP WILL DISSIPATE A LITTLE
AFTER SUNRISE AND VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN FOR THE LATE
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
BY THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS LIKELY BRING
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO MVFR, OR POSSIBLY IFR IN SOME OF THE
HEAVIER ACTIVITY. /96
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTS THROUGH TODAY BEFORE WINDS TURN
WESTERLY THEN NORTHERLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEHIND A
COLD FRONT. WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE A LIGHT
EASTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ON TUESDAY. WINDS BECOME
VARIABLE, PRIMARILY OFFSHORE FLOW, BY MID-WEEK BEFORE SHIFTING
BACK TO ONSHORE FLOW FRIDAY. BB-8
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MOBILE 82 65 84 64 / 20 10 70 30
PENSACOLA 79 68 82 67 / 20 0 50 40
DESTIN 78 69 81 68 / 20 0 30 30
EVERGREEN 83 62 84 60 / 20 10 50 20
WAYNESBORO 82 64 80 59 / 20 20 50 10
CAMDEN 81 62 80 59 / 10 10 50 20
CRESTVIEW 84 63 86 63 / 20 10 60 30
MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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