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Issued by NWS Mobile, AL
Issued by NWS Mobile, AL
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756 FXUS64 KMOB 040510 AFDMOB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 1210 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 ...New Aviation, Discussion, Marine... .DISCUSSION... Issued at 1208 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 We continue with a pattern where half of the area gets a daily drenching while the other half of the area remains dry. Southwesterly flow aloft continues through at least mid-week as a trough hovers over the region, sandwiched between a ridge to our west and to our east. Deep onshore flow will allow moisture to continue to funnel into the eastern half of the area, especially across the coastal counties where a weak front continues to stall out. PWATs remain juicy today as they hover in the 2.2-2.5 inch range near the coast and east of I-65. PWATs still remain above 2 inches east of I-65 on Tuesday while the corridor of moisture continues to slim down as we roll into Wednesday. Meanwhile, drier air tries to work its way into our northwestern-most counties, so southeast Mississippi will likely miss out on much of the rain in the upcoming days. The aforementioned weak front will focus convective activity along the coast and generally across the eastern portion of the area (east of I-65) for the next several days. We are not concerned with severe weather in this pattern. However, we are concerned about the continued threat for minor flooding as slow- moving storms repeatedly move over the same locations. This will not be widespread flooding as convection is expected to remain scattered in the afternoon hours. That said, storms the past few days have been efficient rainmakers with 2-3 inches of rain falling in a relatively short-period of time and this trend will continue today into Tuesday, mainly in the late afternoon and evening hours. While we will start next week on a soggy note, we transition back into more of a summertime convection pattern later in the week. Temperatures will be cooler-ish (heavy emphasis on the -ish in that statement) across the eastern half of the area today and Tuesday given the cloud cover and storms. Highs will remain in the 90s across the rest of southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama given the lack of clouds and storms. The temperatures start creeping back toward normal for this time of year once we get deeper into the work week. That said, there are no heat stress concerns this week. Beach Forecast - Rip current risk remains low through this afternoon. For the Florida panhandle beaches, the risk increases to a MODERATE tonight through Tuesday night. For the Alabama beaches, the risk remains LOW tonight before briefly increasing to a MODERATE on Tuesday and back down to a LOW risk that night. The risk should be LOW for the remainder of the work week. 07/mb && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1208 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Generally VFR flight category will prevail west of the I-65 corridor through the rest of tonight with MVFR to IFR ceilings and visibility settling in across areas that saw decent amounts of rainfall during the afternoon and evening hours generally along and east of the I-65 corridor. After daybreak, VFR flight category gradually returns to the region, however underneath any showers and storms from late morning through the afternoon and evening hours flight category could be temporarily reduced. Winds will generally be out of the northeast at around 5 to 10 knots for most locations through the day today, with the western Florida Panhandle turning southerly by late morning. MM/25 && .MARINE... Issued at 1208 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 A weak front continues to hover along the coastline and out over the Gulf waters early this week. Winds will vary in direction with the nearby front but wind speed looks generally light. In addition to winds and seas higher near storms, reductions in visibility are likely in heavy rains and frequent lightning will also pose a hazard to recreational and commercial boating interests. 07/mb && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Mobile 72 88 72 90 72 91 72 90 / 60 90 50 90 40 80 30 70 Pensacola 76 87 76 89 75 90 75 89 / 80 90 60 80 40 80 40 70 Destin 77 88 77 89 77 90 76 90 / 90 90 60 80 50 80 50 70 Evergreen 71 87 71 90 70 91 70 91 / 60 80 40 70 30 60 30 50 Waynesboro 70 89 69 91 70 91 70 91 / 30 60 30 60 30 50 20 40 Camden 70 86 70 89 70 90 70 89 / 50 70 40 70 30 50 20 40 Crestview 72 87 72 89 71 90 71 90 / 80 90 50 90 30 80 30 70 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. FL...None. MS...None. GM...None. && $$ This product is also available on the web at: www.weather.gov/mob