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FWSMFL

SPOT FORECAST FOR FISHEATING...FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
120 PM EST TUE JAN 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA
TODAY WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST BEHIND IT. SPEEDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE SURFACE...
WITH EVEN STRONGER TRANSPORT WINDS. THIS WILL RESULT IN GENERALLY GOOD
TO GOOD DISPERSION INDICES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. A VERY DRY AIRMASS
WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT WITH RH'S BELOW
35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF
SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR ALL OF THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS COULD BE
EXPECTED THURSDAY, THEREFORE A WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............35.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 7 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EST)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........35     35     35     20     20     20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
TEMP............47     40     36     35     34     32
RH..............63     79     89     89     89     92
20 FT WIND......NW 10  NW 10  NW 7   N 5    N 5    N 5
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     15     10     10     10
EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 10  NW 10  NW 7   N 5    N 5    N 5
EYE LVL WIND G..20     20     15     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1600   1600   1100   700    700    500
MIXNG WIND......NW 10  NW 10  N 8    N 8    N 8    N 7
DISP IDX (LDSI).7      7      4      3      3      3
LVORI...........3      3      5      5      5      6
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............29.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....11 INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 36 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 21 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.

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FORECASTER...RADER
REQUESTED BY...GRANT STEELMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED