000 FPUS74 KMOB 301246 NOWMOB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 739 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301400- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 739 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 .NOW... NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED OFFSHORE INTO THE GULF COASTAL WATERS...AND ARE MOVING NORTH AROUND 12 MPH. THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH... IN ADDITION TO OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS TOTALING A HALF INCH PER HOUR. && FORECASTERS EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST AND JUST INLAND THIS MORNING TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP INLAND THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. $$ GMZ630-650-655-670-675-301400- DESTIN TO PENSACOLA OUT 20 NM-DESTIN TO PENSACOLA 20-60 NM OUT- PENSACOLA TO PASCAGOULA OUT 20 NM-PENSACOLA TO PASCAGOULA 20- 60 NM OUT-MOBILE BAY- 739 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 .NOW... OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IS DETECTING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND...EAST INTO THE MOBILE BAY AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND OFFSHORE FOR 30 NAUTICAL MILES. FURTHER TO THE EAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING DETECTED FROM BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND FORT WALTON...EXTENDING OFFSHORE FOR 40 NAUTICAL MILES. && ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 12 KNOTS... AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND WATERSPOUTS. FORECASTERS EXPECT TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. $$