Small Craft Advisory 41, NWS Mobile, AL

100 
WHUS74 KMOB 250839
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
339 AM CDT THU SEP 25 2008

...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE
WESTWARD INTO THE CAROLINAS ON FRIDAY WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WEAKENS OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES.  STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS OVER THE
MARINE AREA WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS MORNING THEN SUBSIDE TO A
LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. 

GMZ650-655-670-675-251645-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-080925T1800Z/
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-
339 AM CDT THU SEP 25 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATER
THIS MORNING BUT STILL HAVE FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 25 KNOTS. THE
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

893 
WHUS74 KMOB 251525
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1025 AM CDT THU SEP 25 2008

...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE WESTWARD
INTO THE CAROLINAS ON FRIDAY WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WEAKENS OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES.  STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS OVER
THE MARINE AREA WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS MORNING THEN SUBSIDE
TO A LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

GMZ650-655-670-675-251800-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-080925T1800Z/
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-
1025 AM CDT THU SEP 25 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS
LATER THIS MORNING BUT STILL HAVE FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 25 KNOTS.
THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED WWA SECTION TO REMOVE SCA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CDT WED SEP 24 2008

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...RATHER QUIET AND
TRANQUIL FALL LIKE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER THE FCST AREA
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE JUST TO
OUR WEST. THIS HIGH PRESSURE...AND A LOW PRESSURE AREA JUST OFF THE
SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST...WILL MAINTAIN A DRY GENERALLY NORTH WIND
FLOW OVER THE AREA THROUGH LATE WEEK. WITH THIS DRY AIRMASS AND WITH
GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD...OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS WILL
BE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR OVER INTERIOR ZONES...BUT CLOSER TO NORMAL ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST. LOW TO MID 50S WILL BE COMMON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
NIGHT OVER INLAND ZONES...WITH EVEN A FEW UPPER 40S POSSIBLE IN A
FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. MIDDLE 50S EXPECTED FOR MIN
TEMPS BY FRIDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR THE NORMALS
OF LOW/MID 80S. 12/DS

&&

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...NO CHANGES MADE TO THE
EXTENDED PACKAGE THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES REMAIN SLIM TO NONE
THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT
WEEK...THEN CREEP UP TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE SLIGHTLY...APPROACHING
NORMAL LEVELS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW/MID 80S AND LOWS IN THE LOW/MID
60S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 12/DS

&&

.MARINE....MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AS A
SYSTEM DEVELOPS OFF THE CAROLINA COAST. HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT WINDS
MAY BUMP BACK INTO SCA LEVELS OVERNIGHT...THOUGH CONSENSUS KEEPS
WINDS/SEAS JUST BELOW. AS THE EAST COAST SYSTEM MOVES INLAND OVER
THE CAROLINAS...FLOW OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL TRANSITION TO
NORTHERLY BY LATE THURSDAY...THEN NORTHEASTERLY BY FRIDAY
NIGHT...WITH MAGNITUDES WEAKENING AS THE SYSTEM LOSES STEAM DURING
WITH ITS INLAND PROGRESSION. LIGHT...GENERALLY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL
CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. GUIDANCE IS ADVERTISING A SYSTEM
DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH NORTHEAST TO
EASTERLY FLOW INCREASING. 16/SM

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF
LONG DURATION LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 TO 30
PERCENT. A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS JUST WEST OF THE AREA AND LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES
THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED
FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY. 12/DS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      55  84  56  85 /  05  00  05  05
PENSACOLA   58  84  60  85 /  00  00  05  05
DESTIN      61  82  62  85 /  00  00  05  05
EVERGREEN   49  81  50  83 /  00  00  05  05
WAYNESBORO  50  83  50  84 /  00  00  05  05
CAMDEN      51  83  53  83 /  00  00  05  05

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
     COASTAL SANTA ROSA...COASTAL WALTON...INLAND ESCAMBIA...
     INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
420 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2008

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-251200-
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-
420 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE
LATER THIS MORNING...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER MUCH OF THE GULF COASTAL
WATERS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT DURING
THURSDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.