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SPOT FORECAST FOR SJ5...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
405 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON FEBRUARY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH MID
MORNING AS THE OVERNIGHT INVERSION BURN OFF. SOUTHEAST TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 198 MPH BY NOON AND CONTINUE AT THAT
SPEED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SOUTHEAST
TRANSPORT WIND WILL CARRY THE SMOKE PLUME TO THE NORTHWEST AWAY
FROM SR 50 AND I 95. LIGHT WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT MAY CAUSE CONCERN
DOWNWIND OF THE BURN SITE BY ALLOWING FOG TO FORM AND POSSIBLY
BECOME THICK AS IT MIXES WITH SMOKE PARTICLES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600-3800 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 18
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....67.
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............71  72  74  75  74  74  73  70  68  65  64  63
RH..............63  61  55  54  55  55  57  66  70  81  84  87
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5   5   5   7   9   9   6   6   6   5   4   4
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  15  20  20  10  10  10  10  5   5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-600 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....6.
LVORI...............6.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 11 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 24 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....68.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...WIMMER
REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090210.SJ5__.02/MLB