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Marine Weather and Tides Fairhope, AL Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 6:14AM

Sunset 7:39PM

Monday August 10, 2020 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)

Moonrise 11:51PM

Moonset 12:24PM

Illumination 58%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Fairhope, AL

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Area Discussion for - Mobile/Pensacola, FL

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FXUS64 KMOB 101744 AFDMOB

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 1240 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2020

NEAR TERM /Now Through Tuesday/. 10.12Z upper level analysis of the 700 to 300 mb geo-potential mass fields show a trough axis over the southwest Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic, while to its west a deep layer ridge was positioned from the Gulf to TX. In the lower levels and surface, high pressure was situated from the southwest Atlantic to east TX. Latest mesoscale analysis shows an environment that has become unstable with SBCape/MUCape already on the order of 3000/4000 J/KG. Shear is weak. Precipitable water values from 1.7 to 1.9 inches is near climatological means for the 1st third of the month of the August. Source of ascent this afternoon will come from a.) the passage of weak mid level impulses dropping south southeast in the mean flow aloft between the trough to the east and ridge to the west and b.) from the coastal sea-breeze and other mesoscale boundaries produced from convection. An assessment of wet-microburst potential indicates a high risk that a few storms will be sufficient in producing strong convective downburst winds. A few severe storms cannot be ruled out with the main threat in these being damaging winds in those instances where more established cores achieve heights above -20C, then collapse. Due to high CAPE/Low shear, storms will be of pulse variety with little structure and brief life spans but still can be achieve strong to brief severe magnitudes. Frequent, potentially deadly concentrated lightning will be likely in the stronger cores. The synoptic scale pattern changes little tonight into Tuesday. Will have a small chance of storms carrying over into the evening from the afternoon then decreasing. A diurnal re-development/increase of nocturnal convection is expected over the marine area late in the night. Early AM convective activity over the Gulf waters and near shore, develops inland again during the day Tuesday. Environmental conditions support waterspout formation especially during the morning hours. Lows tonight in the lower/mid 70's over inland areas north of I-10 and 77 to 82 along the immediate coast. High temperatures Tuesday in the lower/mid 90s over inland areas, and around 90 at the coast (with some upper 80s for the barrier islands). A LOW risk of rip currents holds along the beaches. /10

AVIATION. 18Z issuance . Afternoon cu field developing with bases ranging from 3 to 6 kft. Radar shows convection beginning to form along I-65 and over the northwest FL Panhandle, generally south of I-10 near a weak surface pressure trough. Will have tsra in the afternoon near-term forecast as expect an increase in areal coverage through the afternoon. Scattered convection brings flight impacts by way of MVFR cigs (perhaps lower at times), brief strong wind gusts, frequent lightning, and instances of lower vsby. Away from storms this afternoon and evening, winds generally light. /10

MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. AL . None. FL . None. MS . None. GM . None.

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
MHPA1 - Meaher Park, AL	8 mi	42 min	S 5.1	86°F			1019.3 hPa
WKXA1 - Weeks Bay Reserve, AL	10 mi	87 min		90°F			1019 hPa	73°F
WBYA1	11 mi	54 min			90°F
PTOA1	11 mi	60 min		90°F				76°F
MBLA1 - Middle Bay Light, AL	12 mi	72 min	E 2.9	86°F			1019.3 hPa (+0.0)
MBPA1	12 mi	60 min		88°F				78°F
MCGA1 - 8736897 - Coast Guard Sector Mobile, AL	12 mi	54 min	SE 5.1 G 8		88°F		1019.7 hPa
OBLA1 - 8737048 - Mobile State Docks, AL	13 mi	60 min		88°F	88°F		1019.5 hPa
BSCA1 - Bon Secour, AL	17 mi	102 min	WNW 5.1	85°F			1020 hPa
CRTA1 - Cedar Point, AL	23 mi	72 min	WSW 7	86°F			1019.6 hPa (+0.3)
FMOA1 - 8734673 - Fort Morgan, AL	25 mi	54 min	WSW 7 G 8
DPIA1 - Dauphin Island, AL	25 mi	132 min	NW 6 G 7	85°F			1019.9 hPa (+0.3)
PPTA1	26 mi	42 min		90°F			1019.6 hPa
KATA1 - Katrina Cut, AL	29 mi	72 min	WNW 5.1				1020 hPa (-0.3)
GDXM6 - Grand Bay Reserve, MS	33 mi	87 min	WNW 1	89°F			1021 hPa	75°F
PCLF1 - 8729840 - Pensacola, FL	36 mi	54 min	S 8.9 G 12	90°F	89°F		1019.5 hPa
42012 - Orange Beach AL Buoy	39 mi	32 min	SE 9.7 G 14	84°F	88°F		1020.2 hPa	75°F
PNLM6 - 8741533 - Pascagoula NOAA Lab, MS	40 mi	54 min			85°F
PTBM6 - 8741003 - Petit Bois Island, MS	42 mi	54 min	WSW 5.1 G 7

Wind History for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, AL

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Sonny Callahan Airport, AL	8 mi	77 min	WNW 4	10.00 mi	Fair	88°F	71°F	59%	1019.6 hPa
Mobile, Mobile Downtown Airport, AL	12 mi	19 min	SE 7	10.00 mi	A Few Clouds	93°F	77°F	60%	1019.3 hPa
Mobile, Mobile Regional Airport, AL	22 mi	76 min	Var 4	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	90°F	73°F	58%	1019.5 hPa
Jack Edwards Airport, AL	22 mi	77 min	WSW 7 G 15	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	90°F	73°F	59%	1019.6 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KCQF

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Tide / Current Tables for Great Point Clear, Mobile Bay, Alabama

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Tide / Current Tables for Mobile (Mobile State Docks), Alabama

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Wind Forecast for Mobile/Pensacola, FL (14,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Mobile, AL

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Gulf Stream Current

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