FNUS72 KMFL 091428 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR RACCOON POINT UNIT 6 BURN...GEORGE SHEPPARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 928 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...2 TO 3 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL MOVE TO THE EAST TODAY INTO WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE WINDS OVER THE BURN SPOT TO SWING FROM A NORTHWEST DIRECTION THIS MORNING TO A NORTHEAST DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON. THE MORNING MIA SOUNDING CAME IN WITH DRY AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEW POINTS TO FALL DOWN INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE CLIMBING BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO WARM UP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON. SO THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE CAPABLE OF FALLING DOWN INTO THE LOWER 30S EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS BEFORE GOING BACK ABOVE THE 35 PERCENT CRITICAL VALUE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEREFORE...AT THIS TIME WILL NOT ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE BURN AREA...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF A SHORT FUSE RED FLAG WARNING IS NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE YOU A CALL AND SEND OUT A NEW SPOT BURN PACKAGE. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR THE DSI TO DROP TO AROUND 1. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PATCHY FOG DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OVER THE BURN AREA. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 930 AM EST EST 01/09/09 ___________________________________________________________________ FORECAST FOR FRIDAY TIME(EST) 9AM NOON 3PM 6PM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY/WX............... CLR CLR CLR CLR TEMP (F)............. 57 69 75 66 DEW PT (F)........... 48 44 47 51 RH (%)............... 71 40 37 59 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... N-2 N-4 NE-5 NE-5 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 1300 2400 3500 2400 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). NE-2 NE-6 NE-9 NE-9 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 5 20 39 27 LVORI................ 6 2 1 2 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT TIME(EST) 9PM 12AM 3AM 6AM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. MOCLR MOCLR MOCLR MOCLR WX................... NO WX NO WX FG FG CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 5 5 5 5 TEMP (F)............. 57 52 50 48 DEW PT (F)........... 51 49 47 46 RH (%)............... 81 91 91 92 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... E-4 NE-3 NE-2 NE-2 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 3 2 1 1 LVORI................ 4 6 7 7 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON TIME(EST) 9AM NOON 3PM 6PM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY/WX............... PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY TEMP (F)............. 53 74 79 71 DEW PT (F)........... 50 57 59 59 RH (%)............... 91 55 50 66 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... NE-2 E-3 SE-3G8 SE-3G8 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 1300 2400 3500 2400 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). E-4 E-6 SE-8 SE-8 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 8 22 37 25 LVORI................ 6 2 1 2 NO WX = NO WEATHER MOCLR = MOSTLY CLEAR SHRA = SHOWERS PTCLDY = PARTLY CLOUDY TSRA = THUNDERSTORMS MOCLDY = MOSTLY CLOUDY CLR = CLEAR CLDY = CLOUDY $$ BAXTER