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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL

November 13, 200810 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Nov 13, 2008, 5:01 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2008, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Nov 13, 3:56 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 3:56 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 5:00 AM CST, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 AM CST THU NOV 13 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-141100-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
500 AM CST THU NOV 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WEAK TROUGH OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE...MEANDERING ACROSS THE GULF
COAST...PROVIDES THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS.

DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF WEAK WIND PROFILES AND INSTABILITY...THE RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME.

PATCHY FOG COULD BE DENSE AT TIMES MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. MOTORISTS COULD ENCOUNTER
VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER
SUNRISE. VISIBILITIES ARE THEN FORECAST TO IMPROVE DURING THE DAY
POSSIBLY LOWERING AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AS PATCHY FOG REFORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FRIDAY LOOKS TO REMAIN UNSETTLED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH
WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
IS NOT EXPECTED.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA THIS WEEKEND.
THE FRONT SURGES EAST OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY BRINGING A STRONG
NORTHWEST FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS. STRONG NORTH FLOW IS FORECAST TO
PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKLEY
BE REQUIRED.

MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS LATER IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST OF
NEXT WEEK WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Alabama, 2008Dense Fog Advisories in Mississippi, 2008Dense Fog Advisories in Florida, 2008Every dense fog advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.