FNUS72 KMLB 061044 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR MALABAR UNIT 13A...EEL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 544 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0845 EST ON JANUARY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE NEAR DAYBREAK THIS MORNING BUT WILL DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING AS DAYTIME HEATING SETS IN. SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH TODAY ADVECTING IN A WARMER AND MOIST AIRMASS. SURFACE WINDS WILL REACH UP TO 10 TO 12 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE BY THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST IS POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON DUE TO WEAK SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST. SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS WILL HELP MIX THE LOWER LEVELS AND KEEP FOG FROM FORMING OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200-4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....64. LVORI...............0. TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV.....PTY WEATHER TYPE....FOG TEMP............70 74 76 78 80 80 80 79 78 76 74 72 RH..............84 81 74 69 67 62 67 69 74 79 84 84 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 6 7 8 10 11 11 10 7 6 5 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 20 20 20 15 15 10 10 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 17 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....24. LVORI...............4. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1000...THEN 2. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 28 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....85. LVORI...............0. $$ FORECASTER...WEITLICH REQUESTED BY...VANDERBLEEK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090106.MALAB.01/MLB