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Marine Weather and Tides Bay Minette, 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 5:48AM

Sunset 7:51PM

Sunday May 31, 2020 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)

Moonrise 2:23PM

Moonset 2:22AM

Illumination 73%

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 311925 AFDMOB

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 225 PM CDT Sun May 31 2020

NEAR TERM UPDATE /Now Through Monday/. We finally get a break from the daily showers and storms today. The sprawling upper level trough will continue to push further east into the Atlantic during the near term while an upper level ridge builds into the central portion of the CONUS. An 850mb ridge is building into the Southeast and Mid South today as it slowly makes its way east toward the western Atlantic. Meanwhile, a surface high meanders across the Midwest today and slides into the western Atlantic on the tail end of the near term period. The front that slid through the area late last week continues to weaken as it slowly pushes further out into the Gulf waters.

Today's northerly winds continue to usher slightly drier air into the area, but surface winds will begin to react to the movement of the surface high overnight. Thus, winds will gradually turn easterly early on Monday and southeasterly by late tomorrow afternoon. For now, we maintained zero POPs through Monday morning; however, there are some indications that a few showers may develop across northwest Florida and south central Alabama in the late afternoon to right around sunset timeframe on Monday. For that reason, we adjusted the POPs to 10-15% across our far eastern counties in that timeframe. As for cloud cover, the activity way out over the Gulf may throw some high clouds into the area by this evening, but otherwise expect mostly clear skies.

Temperatures are on track to soar into the upper 80s and low 90s this afternoon. The heat continues on Monday as most locations tag at least 90°. Lows tonight will fall into the mid to low 60s inland with upper 60s to right around 70° near the coast. A low risk remains in the rip current forecast through Monday. 07/mb

SHORT TERM /Monday night Through Wednesday night/. Weak ridging aloft shifts east of the local area Tuesday as an upper trough over the TX/OK Red River Valley pushes east over ArkLaTex. At the surface, high pressure building into the western Atlantic and southeastern states maintains an onshore flow across the area. Increasing deep-layer moisture levels, in combination with height falls and associated strengthening ascent ahead of the approaching upper trough, will support scattered shower and thunderstorm activity across the area both Tuesday and Wednesday. The best chances will occur over southeast Mississippi and far southwest Alabama as convection rotates around the western periphery of the aforementioned surface ridge. Storms should taper off during overnight hours each night, though a few showers could linger along the immediate coast and just offshore. Highs reach upper 80s to low 90s each afternoon and lows remain in the mid to upper 60s inland and low 70s along the coast each night. /49

EXTENDED TERM /Thursday Through Sunday/. The upper trough over the ArkLaTex region pushes southeast over the local area Thursday into Friday before departing to the east thereafter, but not before a weak lobe of vorticity pinches off over the central Gulf of Mexico. Showers and thunderstorms continue across the region each day throughout the period as a result of this unsettled pattern, with the best chances occurring each afternoon during peak heating hours. The increase in rain and cloud cover keeps high temps in the extended term a few degrees cooler than earlier in the week, reaching the mid to upper 80s each afternoon into the weekend. Low temps continue to run in the upper 60s to low 70s.

In the southwestern Gulf, the remnants of Tropical Depression Amanda (currently centered over interior Guatemala) are expected to drift north-northwestward into the southern Bay of Campeche throughout the week. The environment there could be conducive for weak redevelopment. Thus, the National Hurricane Center has highlighted this area with a 50% chance of development over the next 5 days. A broad region of low pressure persists over that region thereafter through next weekend, which will warrant close monitoring for additional potential tropical development as we head into early the following week. /49

MARINE. A light to moderate northerly flow is expected through tonight over the Gulf waters. As a surface high well north of the area slides into the western Atlantic, winds over the Gulf waters will respond by gradually turning easterly through the morning on Monday before becoming southeasterly by Monday afternoon. A light to moderate southeasterly flow will continue through at least the end of the work week. Exercise caution conditions are possible on Tuesday across the Gulf waters. Expect a bump in the seas to around 3-4 feet for the offshore Gulf waters by Tuesday. 07/mb

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	54 min		91°F	81°F		1017.7 hPa
MHPA1 - Meaher Park, AL	22 mi	72 min	Calm	85°F			1018 hPa
PTOA1	23 mi	54 min		87°F				61°F
MCGA1 - 8736897 - Coast Guard Sector Mobile, AL	25 mi	54 min	N 7 G 13	96°F	80°F		1017.8 hPa
MBPA1	33 mi	54 min		86°F				67°F
MBLA1 - Middle Bay Light, AL	38 mi	72 min	N 13	85°F			1017.3 hPa
WBYA1	39 mi	54 min			85°F
WKXA1 - Weeks Bay Reserve, AL	39 mi	57 min		89°F			1017 hPa	60°F
BSCA1 - Bon Secour, AL	45 mi	102 min	NW 15	83°F			1017.6 hPa (-1.0)
CRTA1 - Cedar Point, AL	49 mi	72 min	NE 8.9	83°F			1017.3 hPa

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	49 min	N 8	10.00 mi	A Few Clouds	93°F	59°F	32%	1017.8 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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Wind Forecast for Mobile/Pensacola, FL (16,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Mobile, AL

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Gulf Stream Current

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