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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHILO...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
645 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EST ON JANUARY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND WEDNESDAY'S FRONTAL PASSAGE
WILL KEEP VERTICAL MIXING CONSTRAINED TODAY...WITH LOW MIXING HEIGHTS
EXPECTED. THIS WILL RESULT IS RATHER LOW DISPERSION INDICES AS WELL.
EXPECT MINIMUM RH VALUES TO APPROACH 40%...WITH LOWER VALUES FARTHER
INLAND.

A LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHWEST DRAINAGE FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH
DRY POST-FRONTAL AIR KEEPING MINIMUM RH VALUES IN THE 80S...WITH A
MAXIMUM LVORI VALUE OF 4.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH...DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....21.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............55  57  59  61  62  62  62  60  57  54  50  49
RH..............68  59  53  49  44  43  46  51  57  66  68  71
20 FT WIND DIR..NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6   7   8   9   9   8   7   7   6   5   4   4
20 FT WIND GUST.8   9   11  12  12  11  10  9   8   7   5   4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.
LVORI...............4.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....39.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...CRISTALDI
REQUESTED BY...JEFFREY SCHARDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090114.SHILO.03/MLB