FNUS72 KMLB 191004 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR RX 9 7...US FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 504 AM EST MON JAN 19 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE FIRST OF TWO COLD FRONTS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BRISK WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF OVERNIGHT...A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. AGAIN... GUSTY WEST WINDS AND A SHOWER OR TWO WILL BE OBSERVED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WEST TO NORHTWEST TRANSPORT WITH STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS AND HIGH KBDI NUMBERS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE SENSITIVITY THE REST OF THE WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-3700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 28 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....63. LVORI...............0. TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............64 66 68 70 70 70 70 68 66 64 62 61 RH..............73 65 61 53 55 53 53 57 61 65 70 72 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W SW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 20 20 25 25 20 20 20 15 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 22 TO 29 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....21. LVORI...............4. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-3000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 29 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....69. LVORI...............0. $$ FORECASTER...WIMMER REQUESTED BY...GLEN STRATTON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090119.RX97_.01/MLB