Special Marine Warning 76, NWS Mobile, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

.SHORT TERM...RATHER BUSY DAY FORECAST-WISE.  WE CONTINUE TO WATCH
FOR STRONGER STORMS INLAND IN THE VERY NEAR-TERM.  SO FAR...A FEW
HIGHER REFLECTIVITY CORES INLAND...WITH A COUPLE OF PULSE STRONG
STORMS OVER THE EASTERN ZONES ATTM.

DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FUNNEL IN FROM THE SOUTH...
UP THE EAST SIDE OF THE BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN GULF.  ALL EYES CONTINUE WATCHING FOR FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LOW ROUGHLY ABOUT 23.5N AND 90W. A HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS ON-SCENE AT THIS HOUR...AND WE ARE AWAITING THE
LATEST OFFICIAL WORD FROM TPC ON THE OVERALL POTENTIAL FOR THIS
SYSTEM TO DEVELOP FURTHER.  STAY TUNED.

WE CONTINUE THE TREND OF RAMPING UP POPS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
CONCENSUS ATTM IS TO TREND FORECAST CLOSER TO THE ETA ON PLACEMENT OF
THE LOW MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...SLOWING IT DOWN ABOUT 12 HOURS AND
GOING A LITTLE HIGHER ON THE WIND FIELDS OFFSHORE.  THE OBSERVED
EASTERN GULF RIDGE IS TRENDING THE MOTION SLOWER TONIGHT...WITH THE
LOW EXPECTED TO MAKE SLOW PROGRESS NORTHWARD UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE
RIDGE DURING THE DAY MONDAY AS A SHORTWAVE DRIVES INTO TEXAS...
HELPING LIFT IT UP THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE MEAN RIDGE.  MOST OF
THE GUIDANCE PUTS IT SOMEWHERE OVER SOUTH LOUISIANA BY MONDAY NIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH THE LOW WILL MOST LIKELY GO WEST OF OUR AREA...WE WILL
BE ON THE DEEP TROPICAL FEED ON THE EAST SIDE...WITH MUCH (IF NOT
ALL) OF OUR FORECAST AREA EXPECTED TO SEE BANDS OF HEAVY RAINS AT
TIMES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

WHILE WE WE DID HOIST THE QPF VALUES IN THE GRIDDED FORECASTS QUITE A
BIT...WE WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCHES UNTIL WE CAN
PROJECT WITH GREATER DETAIL WHERE THE 6+ INCH RAINS WILL FALL (WHEN
WE GET A MORE CLEAR PICTURE ON WHERE THE LOW WILL GO).  RIGHT NOW IT
IS A WAIT AND SEE TYPE SETUP.

&&

.EXTENDED...AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND AND GRADUALLY GETS ABSORBED INTO
THE WESTERLIES...RAIN COVERAGES WILL DROP OFF TUESDAY WITH A RETURN
TO A MORE DIURNAL TREND OF TEMPS AND POPS.  LITTLE CHANGE TO THE
MEDIUM RANGE PERIODS ATTM.

&&

.MARINE...WILL LIKELY WILL HAVE TO HOIST THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
SOMETIME TONIGHT AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS GRADUALLY BETWEEN THE LOW
TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THE RIDGE TO THE EAST.  WE WILL FORECAST 20 TO
25 KTS BY LATE MONDAY AS THE LOW TO THE SW DRAWS CLOSER AND THE
GRADIENT TIGHTENS FURTHER.  20 TO 25 KT SUSTAINED DEEP SOUTHERLY
FETCH GIVES ABOUT A 10 FT SEA ON THE BRETSCHNEIDER WAVEHEIGHT
NOMOGRAM BY MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS...

MOBILE     75 82 72 87 / 60 90 80 60
PENSACOLA  75 82 74 85 / 60 90 80 60
DESTIN     77 82 75 85 / 60 90 80 60
EVERGREEN  73 83 71 87 / 50 90 80 60
WAYNESBORO 71 82 71 87 / 50 90 80 60
CAMDEN     72 83 71 86 / 50 90 80 60

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.

&&

05/GARMON