Mobile, AL

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[Alex]

Winter Weather Advisory!!

Statement as of 4:04 AM CST on December 04, 2009

... Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 11 PM this evening to
9 am CST Saturday...

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a Winter
Weather Advisory for light to moderate rain mixed with snow changing
to mostly light snow late which is in effect from 11 PM this evening
to 9 am CST Saturday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.

Light to moderate rain mixed with snow at times then changing over to
mostly light snow early Saturday morning is expected. Total snow
accumulations of 1 inch or less is expected.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means that periods of snow
will cause primarily travel difficulties. Be prepared for snow
covered overpasses or bridges and limited visibilities... and use
caution while driving.

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.A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL ZONES THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.SURFACE VISIBILITY REMAINS AROUND A FOURTH OF A MILE OR
LESS.GENERALLY ALONG & SO. OF INTERSTATE 10 & NEAR THE INLAND
WATERS. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE
POOR VISIBILITY COMPOUNDED BY OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF RAIN.WITH SOME
HEAVY RAIN LIKELY.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-150430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FG.Y.0021.091214T2021Z-091215T1200Z/
LWR MOBILE-LWR BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.MOBILE.TILLMANS CORNER.THEODORE.
DAPHNE.FAIRHOPE.FOLEY.SPANISH FORT.PENSACOLA.
FERRY PASS.BRENT.WEST PENSACOLA.BELLVIEW.ENSLEY.
MYRTLE GROVE.PACE.MILTON.WRIGHT.SEMINOLE.EGLIN AFB.
VALPARAISO
221 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009

.DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY.WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.

SURFACE VISIBILITY ALONG THE COASTAL ROADS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A
FOURTH OF A MILE OR LESS OVERNIGHT. THE USE OF LOW BEAMS IS
RECOMMENDED.EVEN IN THE DAY TIME SO OTHERS CAN SEE YOUR VEHICLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING.SLOW DOWN.
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS.& LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

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[jess]

It looks like you'll get what we had today. Heavy fog and thunderstorms.

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I hope that we get some flooding rains but it seems to always miss us. Like the stuff right now 50 to 100 miles north of the coast

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[Alex]

So will the Conde's roll tonight or postpone?

[Alex]

Nope the rain is falling in earnest now and they postponed tonight's parade.

[Alex]

Video: Waterspout offshore at Orange Beach captured on tape by camcorder


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000
FXUS64 KMOB 281044
AFDMOB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
544 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2010

.SHORT TERM...[TODAY AND TONIGHT]...LARGE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL SHIFT WESTWARD THROUGH THE
SHORT TERM...AND BECOME CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY LATE
TONIGHT. LARGE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI WILL ALSO MOVE WESTWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A SURFACE TROUGH REPLACING THE HIGH ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PREDOMINATELY
NORTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW.

LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE WILL LIMIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TODAY...AND
ONLY EXPECT ISOLATED PRECIPITATION COVERAGE ACROSS OUR EXTREME
NORTHERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP
OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST.

OTHERWISE...THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT IS OUR MAIN CONCERN WITH PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE ON TAP. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL ABOUT 4 TO 5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL...REACHING BETWEEN 95 AND 97 DEGREES INLAND AREAS...AND
THE LOWER 90S AT THE BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY WARM
AFTERNOON TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM 70 TO 74 DEGREES WILL
PUSH MAX HEAT INDICES TO BETWEEN 100 AND 104 DEGREES. LOWS TONIGHT
WILL BE 2 TO 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANGE FROM 73 TO 76 DEGREES
INLAND AREAS...WITH THE UPPER 70S ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS. /22

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.LONG TERM...BY MIDDAY THU SFC TO H5 RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS FURTHER WEST
OF THE CWFA ALLOWING EASTERN EDGE OF SFC RIDGE...CENTERED NEAR THE
LA/TX BORDER ALONG THE COAST...TO SHIFT WEST OVER EXTREME EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE CWFA...THUS ALLOWING FOR BETTER INSTABILITY AND
MOISTURE ADVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THESE AREAS THU AFTERNOON AND THU
EVENING...GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM GRENEVILLE AL TO
ROUGHLY NAVARRE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. CURRENT 00Z GFS AND NAM
SOLUTIONS DEPICT THIS AREA OF BETTER COVERAGE BY LATE THU WHILE THE
ECMWF SHOWS A MUCH DRIER SCENARIO. AS A RESULT HAVE TAKEN A BLEND OF
ALL THREE MODELS...THEN BASICALLY GOING SLIGHTLY LOWER ON POPS THAN
THE CURRENT MAV GUIDANCE THU AFT AND THU EVENING, BY THU NIGHT BETTER
INSTABILITY AND COVERAGE OF THE PRECIP SHIFTS OFFSHORE MOSTLY OFF THE
FL COAST WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTION MOVING IN THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
DIRECTION. WITH DRIER AIR IN THE MID LEVELS BY THIS TIME COMBINED
WITH CONTINUED HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE LOWER LEVELS A FEW
STORMS MAY STRONG. THIS PATTERN GENERALLY HOLDS THROUGH FRI FOLLOWED
BY BETTER DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST BOTH SAT AND SUN...MOSTLY SCATTERED
IN COVERAGE...AND INSHORE AWAY FROM THE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS DUE TO WEAK AFT SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS. BY
EARLY NEXT WEEK THE SFC RIDGE TO THE WEST CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN
ALLOWING FOR A MORE TYPICAL SEA BREEZE PATTERN THROUGH MIDWEEK. AS
FOR TEMPS WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 OVER
EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA BOTH FRI AND SAT AND MID 90S
THEREAFTER. WITH SFC DEWPTS IN THE MID 70S FOR MOST AREAS AND BETTER
SUBSIDENCE DEVELOPING ALOFT FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH SAT DANGEROUS HEAT
INDICES WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALSO FOR MOST INLAND AREAS THU THROUGH SAT.
AS FOR TEMPS HAVE LEANED TOWARDS THE CURRENT 00Z MAV/MEX NUMBERS
INITIALLY...THAN LOWERED OR ADJUSTED AFTERNOON HIGHS MOSTLY OVER
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA FOR BETTER CONSISTENCY. AS A
RESULT...MAIN CONCERN FOR NOW WILL BE HEAT ADVISORIES LIKELY FOR FRI
AND SAT AFTERNOONS. 32/EE

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.AVIATION...[28/12Z ISSUANCE]...VFR CONDITIONS AND DRY WEATHER WILL
PERSIST AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. /22

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.MARINE...LARGE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI WILL MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF REGION
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN STALL. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL
REPLACE THE HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY AND THEN PERSIST
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. A NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND FLOW
WILL OCCUR EACH NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND
FLOW DEVELOPING EACH AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN EARLY
NEXT WEEK WITH WINDS SHIFTING BACK FROM THE SOUTH. /22

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.FIRE WEATHER...SLIGHTLY DRIER PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND AS HIGH
PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. BEST
CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIP DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE
GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR OVER AL STRETCHING SOUTH OVER THE
WESTERN FL PANHANDLE. OTHERWISE...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH THE FORECAST PD. 32/EE

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 95 74 96 75 / 05 05 20 20
PENSACOLA 96 78 95 79 / 05 10 30 20
DESTIN 94 79 92 80 / 05 10 30 30
EVERGREEN 96 73 95 74 / 10 10 40 20
WAYNESBORO 95 73 95 75 / 10 10 20 20
CAMDEN 96 73 94 75 / 20 10 40 20
CRESTVIEW 97 73 95 74 / 10 10 40 30

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.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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[Alex]

Another one for the record books this hot summer:

Record Report

Statement as of 05:30 PM CDT on August 10, 2010

... Record high temperature set at Mobile...

a record high temperature of 99 degrees was set at Mobile today.
This breaks the old record of 97 set in 1968.

[dkmac]

Severe Weather Warning

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 AM CDT SUN AUG 29 2010

ALC003-291230-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-100829T1230Z/
BALDWIN AL-
701 AM CDT SUN AUG 29 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...

AT 656 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GASQUE...
OR ABOUT 23 MILES EAST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK...
BON SECOUR...PALMETTO BEACH...TURKEY BRANCH...MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...
MARLOW AND MAGNOLIA SPRINGS

ANOTHER STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ONSHORE
NEAR ROMAR BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.

[Alex]

I was over in Mobile yesterday, was definitely hot. Some sprinkles fell on my way back east, but the heavy rain was confined to Baldwin County and was periodic through to the state line. I was watching the local news on Thursday and they showed 0.00 inches of rain at Mobile Regional Airport. Has any fallen since then?

Record Report

Statement as of 1:26 am CDT on September 25, 2010

... Record high temperature set at Mobile...

A record high temperature of 94 degrees was set at Mobile yesterday.
This ties the old record of 94 set in 1961.

[Alex]

Public Information Statement

Statement as of 2:21 PM CDT on October 25, 2010

... NWS storm damage assessment team finds EF-1 tornado damage in
Mobile Alabama...

A storm damage assessment team from the National Weather Service
forecast office in Mobile conducted an on-site survey of storm
damage that occurred in west Mobile shortly before 530 am CDT this
morning. Meteorologists with the assessment team found a relatively
short tornado damage path (of approximately 1 statute mile) that
started at the intersection of Bomar place and Michael Avenue in
west Mobile... moving east across Azalea Road... and ending at the
festival center at montlimar drive just south of Airport Boulevard.
The tornado circulation was approximately 150 yards at the widest
point... with maximum estimated winds (gleaned from the damage
observations) near 108 mph or EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita tornado
scale.

At the starting point (30.6706 deg latitude and 88.1535 deg
longitude)... at the corner of Bomar place and Michael Avenue... the
team found one home with roof damage... and 4 other homes with minor
gutter and fascia damage. Several trees suffered damage by being
snapped off at the top or losing several large limbs. Wind
estimates at this location were approximately 65 mph based on the
damage seen. The width of the path at this location was
approximately 100 yards.

The second damage point the team found was at the corner of micheal
Boulevard and Azalea Road (30.6705 deg latitude and 88.1494 deg
longitude). At this location the path widened to approximately 150
yards and the circulation intensified. Meteorologists here found
evidence of winds near 92 mph with sections of roofing missing from
2 restaurants (one a mcdonalds) and 1 car-wash. Several windows
were blown out of the McDonalds restaurant. A Chevron gas station
next door had several pumps blown over with metal panels blown away
from the metal canopy. Damage at this location was estimated to be
in the EF-1 range of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

The intensity of the damage weakened at the cabana apartments
between Azalea and downtowner Boulevard (third damage location at
30.6714 deg latitude and 88.1428 deg longitude). Here the team
found minor damage to some Pine trees with sections of large limbs
stripped out. Wind estimates at the Third Point were near 65 mph
with a path width of 100 yards.

The tornado re-intensified at the festival center shopping mall
between downtowner Boulevard and montlimar drive (30.6724 deg
latitude and 88.1387 deg longitude). Here the team found damage to
2 buildings in the festival center where a few sections of roofing
were blown off. On the roof of Virginia College... 6 large air
conditioning units (hvac) were damaged and blown off of their
mounts. One of the air conditioning units was blown off of the roof
and landed in the parking lot in front of Virginia College. Wind
estimates based on the damage observed indicated winds near 108 mph
at this location... or EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Interviews of individuals at the damage sites and a Post-analysis of
Doppler radar data from Mobile suggests the storm passed through the
area between 517 am CDT and 521 am CDT. No injuries were reported to
the National Weather Service from this short lived tornado. Total
dollar damage estimates are not available at this time.

Another assessment of the storm damage seen Saturday evening near
Elsanor Alabama (baldwin county) is still ongoing this afternoon.
Details and findings from that storm damage assessment in Baldwin
County will be forthcoming later this afternoon and evening.