Heat in Alabama, August 8 to 14, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE
REMAINS CENTERED OVER NORTHER MS/AL THIS MORNING AND WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO SHIFT WESTWARD ON
THURSDAY.  THIS RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VERY HOT
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IN
FACT...THESE ARE THE HOTTEST CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER OUR
FCST AREA SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2000. IN LATE AUGUST OF THAT YEAR
MOBILE RECORDED ITS ALL TIME RECORD HIGH OF 105 DEGREES.  FOR
TODAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID TO
UPPER 90S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH SOME LOCATIONS OVER THE
INTERIOR PROBABLY REACHING THE CENTURY MARK.  YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
EVERGREEN WARMED (OR IF YOU PREFER...HEATED) UP TO 101 DEGREES.
THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
TO BE IN THE MIDDLE 70S...LOOK FOR HIGHEST AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
VALUES TO RANGE BETWEEN 108 AND 113 DEGREES TODAY ANYTIME FROM LATE
MORNING THROUGH ALL OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ABOUT THE ONLY RELIEF
FROM THE AFTERNOON HEAT WILL BE FROM ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE
SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE MID/UPPER RIDGE.

THIS AFTERNOONS MICROBURST RISK WILL BE MODERATE.

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.LONG TERM...FOR THU VERY WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
CWFA RESULTING IN HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM 105 TO 113. WITH THIS WE
HAVE EXTENDED THE HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 00Z FRI. ALOFT...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WEST AS UPPER TROF OVER NE CONUS
BEGINS TO DIG SOUTHWARD. THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...LATEST GFS
SOLUTION DEPICTS WEAK UPPER TROF DIGGING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS
SHIFTING SLOWLY OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FRI THROUGH EARLY SAT
EVENTUALLY PUSHING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SFC ACROSS THE
CWFA LATE SAT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS THIS BOUNDARY MOVES
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CWFA OVER THE WEEKEND BETTER MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE NEAR SFC CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE FRONT
GIVING WAY TO BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING
LATE SAT CONTINUING THOUGH EARLY WEEK. AT THIS TIME NO WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PD...THOUGH WITH INCREASED
MOISTURE CONVERGE NEAR THE SFC COMBINED WITH RESIDUAL DRY AIR ALOFT
TO THE WEST THE THREAT OF A FEW STRONGER STORMS OVER THE WEEKEND
WILL EXIST. AS THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN SLOWLY A RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY FROM EAST TO WEST BEGINNING MOSTLY ON SUN
AND CONTINUING TUE. FOR TEMPS...WENT A LITTLE WARMER THAN THE MEX
GUIDANCE OVER INLAND AREAS THROUGH SAT. /32

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.MARINE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO THROUGH LATE WEEK WILL GRADUALLY WEAKENING AS A WEAK TROUGH
WILL DEVELOP JUST INLAND BY THE WEEKEND.  RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND
SMALL SEA STATES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD.  THE
DOMINANT WIND DIRECTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRIMARILY FROM THE
WEST...WITH A NORTHWESTERLY NIGHTTIME COMPONENT AND A SOUTHWESTERLY
COMPONENT IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  EXPECT LATE NIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG THE COAST AND NEAR
SHORE GULF WATERS. /12

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.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      96  77  96  77 /  20  10  20  20
PENSACOLA   95  80  95  79 /  20  10  20  20
DESTIN      91  82  94  81 /  20  10  20  20
EVERGREEN  100  75  99  75 /  20  10  20  10
WAYNESBORO  99  75  99  75 /  20  10  20  10
CAMDEN     100  76 100  76 /  20  10  20  10

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.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
     CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
     MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND
     WILCOX.

FL...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
     INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND WAYNE.

GM...NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
620 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-091200-
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-
620 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA TO DESTIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 90S AT
THE COAST TO NEAR 100 DEGREES OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES TODAY.
THESE ABOVE AVERAGE...NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH A
HUMID AIRMASS...WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 108 TO
113 FOR MANY INLAND LOCATIONS FROM THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. AS A RESULT OF THESE DANGEROUS HEAT
CONDITIONS...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

THE ONLY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL COME FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
HOURS. SOME OF THESE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES.

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

RAIN CHANCES AND THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW AS HIGH
PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE AREA. DAYTIME HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID
TO UPPER 90S...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S
OVER MANY AREAS...WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 110
DEGREES THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK.  A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH THURSDAY...AND MAY BE EXTENDED INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
832 AM CDT WED AUG 08 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0250 PM     LIGHTNING        3 NE FRANKLIN           31.74N 87.38W
08/07/2007                   MONROE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 FATAL *** LOGGER KILLED BY LTG STRIKE...CHANGED
            TIME STRUCK.

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GARYB