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Marine Weather and Tides Bay Minette, AL Version 3.4

NOTICE 8/26/2020 The 7 day forecast is taking about 5 seconds to load but it will eventually load. NOAA is still working on it. 8/18/2020 NOAA continues to have trouble. Wind guest will occasionally be left off graphs. I am working with NOAA to resolve the issue. 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 6:47AM

Sunset 5:19PM

Wednesday January 20, 2021 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC)

Moonrise 12:27PM

Moonset 12:37AM

Illumination 44%

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 Bay Minette, AL

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Area Discussion for - Mobile/Pensacola, FL

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FXUS64 KMOB 200531 AFDMOB

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 1131 PM CST Tue Jan 19 2021

AVIATION. 06Z issuance . VFR conditions prevail throughout the period, with only some mid/high clouds moving in overnight tonight. Calm winds to start the TAF period become northerly tonight as a weak front pushes through, then shift back to southerly by late Wednesday evening. /49

PREV DISCUSSION. /issued 856 PM CST Tue Jan 19 2021/

NEAR TERM /Now Through Thursday/ . An upper ridge builds over the South Plains to start the period, with flow over the local area shifting slightly more northwesterly as a result. At the surface, high pressure over the local area pushes southeast into the eastern and northeastern Gulf of Mexico as a cold front advances slowly southwards through the Tennessee Valley. Wednesday remains dry with high temps in the low to mid 60s under partly sunny skies. However, winds here shift back to southerly Wednesday night into Thursday, transporting rich Gulf moisture northward across the Deep South where it pools ahead (south) of the approaching front. We see PWATs climb to around 1.3-1.5 inches across our area by Thursday morning as a result.

The upper ridge to our west flattens as we head into Thursday as a weak shortwave ejects eastward from the Desert Southwest over the South Plains. As a result, flow becomes zonal over the local area again. Weak disturbances embedded within this flow pass overhead and, combined with improving boundary layer moisture, will support an increasing coverage of showers across the area throughout the day Thursday. Rain chances start during the pre- dawn hours north of Highway 84 before gradually spreading south towards the coast throughout the day. The heaviest rain will fall north of Highway 84 where some could see upwards of half an inch of rain by the end of the day, while folks closer to the coast may only get a few hundredths of an inch. No flooding is expected since preceding conditions are very dry and these rain amounts would fall over the course of 12 hours. Meanwhile, temperatures will trend slightly warmer with the return of southerly flow and moisture. Highs on Thursday range from low/mid 60s inland to upper 60s along the coast. /49

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
OBLA1 - 8737048 - Mobile State Docks, AL	21 mi	45 min		50°F	51°F		1027.6 hPa
PTOA1	23 mi	45 min		50°F				47°F
MCGA1 - 8736897 - Coast Guard Sector Mobile, AL	25 mi	45 min	W 1.9 G 1.9	50°F	54°F		1026.7 hPa
MBPA1	33 mi	45 min		48°F				48°F
MBLA1 - Middle Bay Light, AL	38 mi	33 min	ESE 1.9	54°F			1026.8 hPa (-0.3)
WBYA1	39 mi	45 min			54°F
BSCA1 - Bon Secour, AL	45 mi	93 min	SSW 1	53°F			1027.1 hPa (-1.0)

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
Mobile, Mobile Downtown Airport, AL	26 mi	40 min	N 0	9.00 mi	Fair	45°F	44°F	97%	1027.9 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KBFM

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Tide / Current Tables for Lower Hall Landing, Tensaw River, Alabama

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Tide / Current Tables for Mobile (Mobile State Docks), Alabama (2) (expired 1989-12-31)

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Weather Map

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