Special Marine Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
240 PM CST WED APR 3 2002

COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME WILL BE EAST OF
AREA BEFORE SUNRISE. WITH SEA BREEZE FRONT AND COLD FRONT CONVERGING
OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF FORECAST AREA...MAINLY COASTAL. FIRST PART
OF  PERIOD OF FORECAST WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON JUST WHERE AND
HOW STRONG ANY STORMS ARE AT ISSUE TIME. IN ANY EVENT...
PRECIPITATION WILL FADE QUICKLY AFTER LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND/OR
AFTER FROPA WITH THE COOLER AIR COMING IN. SURFACE FRONT WILL TAKE
ITS TIME MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL ZONES. FRONT WILL FINALLY GET
KICKED SOUTHWARD WHEN WEAK WAVE IN H5 FLOW ARRIVES OVER AREA LATE
THURSDAY...UNTIL THEN CLOUDY SKIES SHOULD HANG IN WITH THE  ZONAL H8
FLOW THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN HALF OF
AREA. COOLER THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A SLOW WARMUP THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. NEXT FRONT APPROACHES FIRST OF WEEK AS UPPER TROF
NEARS. EXTENDED ALREADY HAS RAIN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY ...WILL
LEAVE AS IS AND MAKE WEDNESDAY PARTLY CLOUDY ON BACK SIDE OF UPPER
TROF.

FIRE...CLOUDY AND COOLER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY WILL KEEP SURFACE
HUMIDITY ABOVE GUIDLINES...FRIDAY WILL BE DRIER.

MARINE...WIND SHIFT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS
THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL STAY BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. /11

PRELIM CCF...
MOB EU 048/069 046/072 048 11100
PNS EU 052/070 048/072 050 11200
DTS EU 055/070 051/071 053 11310
GZH EU 045/072 043/072 041 11000
2R0 EU 041/065 039/071 041 11000
61A EU 045/072 043/072 041 11000

.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.