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Gale Watch 2, NWS Mobile, AL

November 22, 2013

NWS Mobile, AL issued this gale watch at Nov 22, 2013, 3:57 PM CST. It took effect at Nov 24, 2013, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 2013, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 24, 2013, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 23, 2013, 2:47 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

762 
WHUS74 KMOB 222157
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
357 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013


...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
TONIGHT. WIND WILL INCREASE ABOVE 20 KNOTS WITH SEAS MORE THAN 7 FEET
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND AND SEAS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE BY SATURDAY EVENING AND LASTING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

GMZ630>632-650-655-670-675-230600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0300Z-131124T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0063.131124T2100Z-131125T0900Z/
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
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-
357 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO
3 AM CST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS
GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY SATURDAY MID-AFTERNOON
  POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS SATURDAY EVENING WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS WELL ABOVE GALE FORCE. WIND SUBSIDING TO 20 TO 25
  KNOTS AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS
  LATE MONDAY.

* SEAS: ABOVE 7 FEET BY SATURDAY MID-AFTERNOON POSSIBLY INCREASING TO
  7 TO 9 FEET SATURDAY EVENING WITH SOME SEAS ABOVE 11 FEET.
  SUBSIDING TO ABOVE 7 FEET AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
  DECREASING BELOW 7 FEET LATE MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING
THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

GMZ633>635-230600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T2100Z/
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
357 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY SATURDAY MID-AFTERNOON
  POSSIBLY INCREASING TO AROUND 25 TO 30 KNOTS SATURDAY EVENING WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR GALE FORCE. WIND SUBSIDING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS
  AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS LATE SUNDAY.

* SEAS: ROUGH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON POSSIBLY BECOMING VERY ROUGH
  SATURDAY EVENING. SUBSIDING BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
766 
WHUS74 KMOB 222225 CCA
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
416 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE ABOVE 20 KNOTS WITH SEAS MORE THAN 7
FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE BY SATURDAY EVENING AND LASTING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

GMZ630>632-650-655-670-675-230645-
/O.COR.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T0300Z/
/O.COR.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0300Z-131124T2100Z/
/O.COR.KMOB.SC.Y.0063.131124T2100Z-131125T0900Z/
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
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-
416 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO
3 AM CST MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS
GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY SATURDAY MID-AFTERNOON
  POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS SATURDAY EVENING WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS WELL ABOVE GALE FORCE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE
  TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DECREASING
  BELOW 20 KNOTS LATE MONDAY.

* SEAS: ABOVE 7 FEET BY SATURDAY MID-AFTERNOON POSSIBLY INCREASING TO
  7 TO 9 FEET SATURDAY EVENING WITH SOME SEAS ABOVE 11 FEET. SEAS
  SHOULD SUBSIDE TO ABOVE 7 FEET AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
  DECREASING BELOW 7 FEET LATE MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING
THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

GMZ633>635-230645-
/O.COR.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T2100Z/
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
416 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY SATURDAY MID-AFTERNOON
  POSSIBLY INCREASING TO AROUND 25 TO 30 KNOTS SATURDAY EVENING WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR GALE FORCE. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 25
  KNOTS AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DECREASING BELOW 20
  KNOTS LATE SUNDAY.

* SEAS: ROUGH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON POSSIBLY BECOMING VERY ROUGH
  SATURDAY EVENING. SUBSIDING BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
008 
WHUS74 KMOB 230601
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1201 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO IN THE WAKE
OF THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING NORTH WINDS TO
THE MARINE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE ABOVE
20 KNOTS WITH SEAS MORE THAN 7 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND
SEAS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE BY
SATURDAY EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

GMZ630>632-650-655-670-675-231400-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0300Z-131124T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0063.131124T2100Z-131125T0900Z/
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
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-
1201 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO
3 AM CST MONDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY SATURDAY MID- AFTERNOON
  POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS SATURDAY EVENING WITH
  FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO
  20 TO 25 KNOTS AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DECREASING
  BELOW 20 KNOTS LATE MONDAY.

* SEAS: WILL BUILD ABOVE 7 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS BY SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING TO 7 TO 9 FEET SATURDAY EVENING WITH
  SOME SEAS ABOVE 11 FEET. SEAS SHOULD THEN SUBSIDE TO AROUND 7 FEET
  OR LESS BY LATE SUNDAY. SEAS ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER BAYS AND
  SOUNDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

GMZ633>635-231400-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T2100Z/
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
1201 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO
3 PM CST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO
3 PM CST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY SATURDAY MID- 
  AFTERNOON POSSIBLY INCREASING TO AROUND 25 TO 30 KNOTS 
  SATURDAY EVENING WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR GALE FORCE. WINDS 
  SHOULD SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY 
  AFTERNOON...BEFORE DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS LATE SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: ROUGH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON POSSIBLY BECOMING VERY ROUGH 
  SATURDAY EVENING. SUBSIDING BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
953 
WHUS74 KMOB 231217
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
617 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9
AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE GULF WATERS...INCLUDING SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY
AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOBILE BAY...PERDIDO BAY...PENSACOLA BAY
SYSTEM AND CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
THE GULF WATERS...INCLUDING ALL OF MOBILE BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI
SOUND...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO IN THE WAKE
OF THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING NORTH WINDS TO
ABOVE 20 KNOTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. SEAS WILL
BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET OUT 20 NM TONIGHT...AND FROM 8 TO 11 FEET
BEYOND 20 NM. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE OPEN WATERS. STRONG
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE GULF WATERS...SOUTHERN MOBILE
BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND WILL TURN TO AN EASTERLY FLOW SUNDAY
NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY.

GMZ630-232030-
/O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131124T0000Z-131124T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0900Z-131124T1800Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.SC.Y.0063.131124T2100Z-131125T0900Z/
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-
617 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 AM CST SUNDAY...
...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WINDS: NORTH 19 TO 24 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FREQUENT GUSTS
  ABOVE GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
  MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS BY NOON
  SUNDAY.

* SEAS: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-232030-
/O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0900Z-131124T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0063.131124T1800Z-131126T1500Z/
SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
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-
617 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST SUNDAY...
...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

* WINDS: NORTH 19 TO 24 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS INCREASING TO 25 TO
  30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE ARE
  POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS
  20 TO 25 KNOTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL TURN TO AN EASTERLY FLOW
  SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS TUESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET OUT 20 NM AND FROM 8 TO 11 FEET
  BEYOND 20 NM. WAVES ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER BAYS AND SOUNDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

GMZ633>635-232030-
/O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131124T0000Z-131124T1800Z/
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
617 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST SUNDAY...

* WINDS: NORTH 19 TO 24 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
  TO DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS BY NOON SUNDAY.

* SEAS: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
167 
WHUS74 KMOB 231535
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
935 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE GULF WATERS...INCLUDING SOUTHERN MOBILE
BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOBILE BAY...PERDIDO BAY...
PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM AND CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR THE GULF WATERS...INCLUDING ALL OF MOBILE BAY AND THE
MISSISSIPPI SOUND...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO IN THE
WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING NORTH
WINDS TO ABOVE 20 KNOTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
SEAS WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FEET OUT 20 NM TONIGHT...AND FROM 8 TO
11 FEET BEYOND 20 NM. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE ARE
POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE OPEN
WATERS. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS...SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND WILL TURN
TO AN EASTERLY FLOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY.

GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-240400-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0900Z-131124T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0063.131124T1800Z-131126T1500Z/
SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
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-
935 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
9 AM CST TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
NOON SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: NORTH 19 TO 24 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS INCREASING TO 25 
  TO 30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE 
  ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 
  NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL TURN TO 
  AN EASTERLY FLOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. 
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS TUESDAY 
  MORNING. 

* SEAS: BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET OUT 20 NM AND FROM 8 TO 11 FEET 
  BEYOND 20 NM. WAVES ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER BAYS AND SOUNDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

GMZ630-240400-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131124T0000Z-131124T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0900Z-131124T1800Z/
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-
935 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: NORTH 19 TO 24 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FREQUENT GUSTS 
  ABOVE GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 
  MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS BY 
  NOON SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

GMZ633>635-240400-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131124T0000Z-131124T1800Z/
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
935 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 19 TO 24 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS ARE 
  EXPECTED TO DECREASING BELOW 20 KNOTS BY NOON SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
765 
WHUS74 KMOB 232047
MWWMOB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
247 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE GULF WATERS WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA OUT TO 60 NM INCLUDING LOWER MOBILE BAY AND THE MISSISSIPPI
SOUND EAST OF PASCAGOULA...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON CST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOBILE BAY...PERDIDO BAY...
PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM AND CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...

.A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY A MODERATE TO STRONG
EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

GMZ631-632-650-655-670-675-240500-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2100Z-131124T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0063.131123T2200Z-131126T1500Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0900Z-131124T1800Z/
SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
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-
247 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WATCH. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONALLY GUSTS TO NEAR
  GALE FORCE.

* SEAS: BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET OUT 20 NM AND FROM 8 TO 11 FEET 
  BEYOND 20 NM. WAVES ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH OVER BAYS AND SOUNDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING
SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&& 

$$

GMZ630-240500-
/O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2200Z-131124T1800Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.GL.A.0002.131124T0900Z-131124T1800Z/
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-
247 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...
...GALE WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WATCH. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 

* WAVES: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING
SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 

&&

$$

GMZ633>635-240500-
/O.EXT.KMOB.SC.Y.0062.131123T2200Z-131124T1800Z/
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
247 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 

* WAVES: ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS...
AND/OR SEAS 7 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED BOATERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Nov 22, 3:37 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 3:37 PM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
337 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)...AN ANTICYCLONE OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS IS LOCATED BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO OUR REGION
OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER HIGH MOVING OUT OF LOWER NEW ENGLAND AND OVER THE
ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE SOUTHWESTWARD THIS WAY THROUGH
TONIGHT AS BOTH DRIFT SOUTH AND EAST. THE HIGH TO THE NORTHWEST WILL
BECOME A MORE DIRECT INFLUENCE ON LOCAL WEATHER IN THE NEAR
TERM...AND IT WILL BRING A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND BEHIND ITS
ATTENDANT FRONT MENTIONED ABOVE. WIND WILL VEER TO SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF
EAST BY LATE TONIGHT AS THE RIDGE MOVES SOUTH. COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH WITH ARRIVAL BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
STATE LINE BETWEEN BUTLER ALABAMA AND WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI. SHOULD
CLEAR I-65 BY MIDNIGHT AND CLEAR THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE STEEP HORIZONTAL POSTFRONTAL PRESSURE...TEMPERATURE...AND
DEWPOINT GRADIENTS SHOWN ON THE GFS ARE CLEARLY INDICATIVE OF THIS.
BECAUSE THE WIND VECTORS AND LINES OF CONSTANT TEMPERATURES AND
DEWPOINTS ARE NEARLY PERPENDICULAR...THERMAL ADVECTION WOULD BE
STRONG. THE SENSE OF LOCAL TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT CHANGE IN TIME
WILL BE RAPID AFTER THE WIND SHIFTS NORTH.

AFTER A BRIEF CLEARING THIS EVENING...LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO
RETURN WITH PATCHY LIGHT FOG WITHIN 30 TO 50 MILES OF THE COAST ARE
EXPECTED AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. POST FRONTAL PASSAGE LOW
CLOUD DECK IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST SINCE WE EXPECT THIS TO BE A
SHALLOW...RAKED FRONT. SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM AROUND
SUNSET ALL NIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PENSACOLA TO
ATMORE ALABAMA TO EVERGREEN...AND AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET
ELSEWHERE. MOST OF THIS WILL BE POST FRONTAL RAIN WHICH WILL CLEAR
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE 850 MB TROUGH. THAT
IS...THE WIND WOULD SHIFT WITHOUT CLEARING.

LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 50S COASTAL AND MID 50S ELSEWHERE. HIGHS
FRIDAY IN THE MID 70S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 60S AFTER THE
FRONT PASSES. /77

FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THE AXIS OF THE LONGWAVE
TROF COMPLETES MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING WHILE A CUT OFF UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST STATES SLOWLY
ADVANCES.  A LARGE AND STRONG 1045 MB SURFACE HIGH OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS MEANWHILE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.  WILL HAVE SMALL POPS NEAR THE COAST SATURDAY EVENING AS
ISENTROPIC LAYER LIFTING SEEN IN 285-300K CONTINUES UNTIL DRYING
BRINGS AN END TO THE PRECIP WITH DRY CONDITIONS FOLLOWING THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT.  IT WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WITH NORTH WINDS 15-25 MPH AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BECOME
NECESSARY...MOST LIKELY FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THIS TIME
FRAME.  TEMPERATURES TREND MUCH COOLER IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH
LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID THIRTIES FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHT FREEZE ACROSS THE INTERIOR
NORTHWESTERN PORTION.  SUNDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES ALLOWING FOR MORE EFFICIENT NOCTURNAL
RADIATION.  A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE AREA NORTH OF
THE COAST AND EXPECT LOWER THIRTIES FOR MOST OF THE AREA WITH
POCKETS POSSIBLY SEEING UPPER TWENTIES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS.

THE UPPER LOW ADVANCES INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT WITH A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF
AND ADVANCING TO JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.  THE CHANCE FOR
PRECIPITATION EARLY MONDAY MORNING REMAINS A CONCERN GIVEN THE COLD
TEMPERATURES THAT MORNING...BUT THE TIMING FOR THE ONSET OF
PRECIPITATION STILL LOOKS TO BE DELAYED UNTIL LATER IN THE MORNING
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INCREASING TO CHANCE POPS FOR MOST OF THE AREA
MONDAY AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER MONDAY ALTHOUGH STILL
ABOUT TEN DEGREE BELOW NORMAL...THEN NEAR SEASONABLE FOR MONDAY
NIGHT.  LIKELY POPS FOLLOW FOR MONDAY NIGHT AS ISENTROPIC LIFT
CONTINUES TO INCREASE.  THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES
TO INDICATE A LOW POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND HAVE STAYED WITH
NO MENTION OF THUNDER AT THIS TIME. /29

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...THE UPPER LOW ADVANCES
EASTWARD AND ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...MEANWHILE PHASING WITH A STRONG SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTHEASTERN STATES.  THE FAIRLY DEEP SURFACE LOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO
TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE MARINE AREA ON TUESDAY...MOVING INTO
NORTHERN FLORIDA TUESDAY EVENING.  HAVE STAYED WITH LIKELY POPS FOR
TUESDAY WITH NO MENTION OF THUNDER GIVEN EXPECTED FAIRLY STABLE
CONDITIONS...THEN CHANCE POPS FOLLOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.  OTHER THAN
SMALL POPS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION ON WEDNESDAY...DRY CONDITIONS
ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.  ANOTHER LARGE SURFACE HIGH
BUILDS FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE EASTERN STATES THROUGH THURSDAY AS A
MORE ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPS ALOFT AS THE PHASED UPPER SYSTEM MOVES OFF
INTO THE ATLANTIC...BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE FORECAST
AREA.  MAY SEE ANOTHER LIGHT FREEZE AGAIN OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION
OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER THIRTIES...WITH
MID THIRTIES EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES.  THE STRONG SURFACE
HIGH REMAINS OVER THE EASTERNMOST STATES ON FRIDAY AS UPPER RIDGING
BUILDS OVER THE PLAINS AND INTO THE REGION.  HIGHS ON THURSDAY AND
LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL AT LEAST SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THEN
TEMPERATURES MODERATE TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BY FRIDAY. /29

&&

.AVIATION (18Z ISSUANCE)...CEILINGS VACILLATE BETWEEN MVFR AND IFR
CATEGORY FOR THE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS THE NEXT 24 HOURS...ALREADY STARTED IN THE
NORTHWEST PART OF THE REGION. LIGHT EAST WIND BECOMING NORTH BY LATE
TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. /77

&&

.MARINE...A LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND WILL PREVAIL
OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
CONTINUES DOMINATE THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WITH A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING
SEAS WILL SPREAD BEHIND IT EARLY SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO
9 PM CST SATURDAY AND A GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THEN...A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST MONDAY.
WIND WILL VEER TO THE EAST THEN SOUTH MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD
OF A LOW INTENSIFYING OVER THE GULF WITH YET ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM
APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL FOLLOW
TUESDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE PASSING LOW. THIS MAY REQUIRE EXTENDING
MARINE HAZARD ALERTS. SEAS OUTPUT BY SWAN IN CLOSER AGREEMENT WITH
NEIGHBORS AND BRETSCHNEIDER...WNA IS NOT IN SYNC. DECIDED TO DO ONLY
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. SEAS LIKELY TO BE STEEPER AND HIGHER AFTER
FRONTAL PASSAGE DUE TO TURBULENT MIXING IN THE SURFACE LAYER. /77

&&

.FIRE...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP TO NEAR 25 PERCENT ON
SUNDAY BUT OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS WIND SPEEDS AND ERC VALUES ARE TOO
MARGINAL FOR SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT
THIS TIME. /29

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      58  65  34  55  34 /  60  40  10  05  05
PENSACOLA   61  72  39  58  38 /  30  40  20  05  10
DESTIN      64  69  42  61  41 /  20  40  20  05  05
EVERGREEN   55  64  35  54  29 /  60  50  10  00  05
WAYNESBORO  52  60  32  52  30 /  70  40  10  05  05
CAMDEN      52  62  33  53  29 /  80  60  10  00  05
CRESTVIEW   58  70  40  58  31 /  30  40  20  05  05

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA
     MS OUT 20 NM...MISSISSIPPI SOUND...NORTHERN MOBILE BAY...
     SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA
     MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM...

     GALE WATCH FROM 9 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20
     NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT
     20 NM...MISSISSIPPI SOUND...NORTHERN MOBILE BAY...SOUTHERN
     MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO
     60 NM...WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20
     TO 60 NM...

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA
     MS OUT 20 NM...MISSISSIPPI SOUND...NORTHERN MOBILE BAY...
     SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA
     MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM...

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM SUNDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY...PENSACOLA BAY
     SYSTEM...PERDIDO BAY...

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 3:28 PM CST, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
328 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-232130-
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-
328 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MUCH COLDER AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT
WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID THIRTIES
ACROSS INLAND AREAS RANGING TO NEAR FORTY AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
SOMEWHAT COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWER
THIRTIES AND POSSIBLY UPPER TWENTIES ACROSS INTERIOR AREAS RANGING TO
MID TO UPPER THIRTIES NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

THESE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN A PATCHY LIGHT FREEZE LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SUCH AS FROM WAYNESBORO
MISSISSIPPI TO BUTLER ALABAMA. THERE IS AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD FOR A
LIGHT FREEZE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA NORTH OF THE IMMEDIATE COAST
SUNDAY NIGHT...SUCH AS ROUGHLY FROM WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI TO BAY
MINETTE ALABAMA TO CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.

IN ADDITION...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BECOME NECESSARY MOST LIKELY FOR
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THESE
BREEZY CONDITIONS AND THE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE THE AIR FEEL
EVEN COLDER.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA ON TUESDAY AND BRING HIGH
RAIN CHANCES TO THE AREA FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS
TIME...THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DURING THIS TIME
LOOKS TO BE LOW BUT STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS WE MONITOR
THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-232130-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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-
328 PM CST FRI NOV 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA ON SATURDAY
AND INCREASE FURTHER SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
GALE CONDITIONS OVER THE MARINE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.  THE STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW BECOMES EASTERLY ON MONDAY AS A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...WITH THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA ON TUESDAY. A STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW FOLLOWS TUESDAY
NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND CONTINUES THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY
CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

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