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Dense Fog Advisory 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 23, 20125 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Jan 23, 2012, 9:22 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2012, 9:22 PM CST (03:22 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2012-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2012-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jan 23, 5:40 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 5:40 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 9:55 AM CST, 11 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
955 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241600-
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-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
955 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TORNADO WATCH 11 IS CANCELLED FOR ALL COUNTIES. RADAR SIGNATURE HAS
WEAKENED AND A WATCH IS NO LONGER WARRANTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.

GMZ630-650-655-670-675-241600-
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-
955 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY OVER THE MARINE AREA IS CANCELLED DUE TO
VISIBILITY HAVING RISEN TO 3 TO 5 MILES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A RISK OF STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IS EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE
AREA BY MIDWEEK. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT LIKELY.

Nearby

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Sources

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