Special Marine Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

COLD POOL ALOFT...(-18 C TO -20 C AT 500 MB)...MOVG EAST ACROSS FCST
AREA ATTM.  THE LINE OF STRONGER TSTMS THAT AFFECTED THE AREA TODAY
NOW MOVG EAST OF CWFA...BUT EXPECT LGT/MOD RAINS JUST BEHIND THE
LINE TO PERSIST OVER EASTERN ZONES THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  IN
ADDITION...CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS HAS DEVELOPED UNDER COLD POOL
OVER SOUTHEAST MS...AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  STORM JUST PRODUCED SOME
STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AT THE NWS OFFICE AT THE MOBILE
AIRPORT.  ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CAPABLE OF STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY
MOVE OFF TOWARD THE EAST.

OTHERWISE...LOOKS LIKE A DRY FCST WED AND THU AS LOW PRES LIFTS AWAY
AND HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER REGION.  QUICK RETURN AS ANOTHER FRONTAL
SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST BY LATE FRI...WITH RAIN CHANCES
RETURNING FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...WHICH IS FCST IN CURRENT SET OF
ZONES.  SO WILL NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXTENDED.

FIRE...NO REQUIREMENTS THROUGH WED WITH HIGHER DEWPOINTS OVER REGION
THAN PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

MARINE...SCEC OVER MARINE AREA TONIGHT.  WINDS AND SEAS LOCALLY
HEAVIER NEAR SCT TO OCNL NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS...BUT DONT FEEL
HIGHER WINDS/SEAS WILL BE PROLONGED ENOUGHT FOR SCA.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
MOB BB 051/072 051/075 057 12400
PNS BB 055/074 052/073 058 12300
DTS BB 055/074 052/073 058 12500
GZH BB 049/071 044/075 052 12500
2R0 BB 046/071 045/076 053 12400
61A BB 049/071 044/075 052 12300

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

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