FNUS72 KMFL 181146 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR 2009 READINESS REVIEW BURN...DOI-NPS-EVERGLADES NP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 646 AM EST WED FEB 18 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DISCUSSION...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AT THE FIRE SITE BY MID MORNING. SPEEDS SUSTAINED 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON TODAY. AS MIXING HEIGHTS APPROACH 3500 FT THIS AFTERNOON THIS WILL LEAD TO GENERALLY GOOD DISPERSION. SINCE TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AS WELL, SMOKE WILL LIKELY BE TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE PARK ROAD...SR 933...AND COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY ISSUES. INCREASING MOISTURE MAY ALLOW FOR PATCHY FOG FORMATION NEAR THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT, BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO ALLOW IT TO FORM. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1000 AM EST 02/18/09 ___________________________________________________________________ FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY TIME(EST) 9AM NOON 3PM 6PM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY/WX............... PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY TEMP (F)............. 62 74 76 71 DEW PT (F)........... 58 59 58 59 RH (%)............... 87 60 54 65 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... SE-12G19 SE-13G23 SE-14G23 S-12G19 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 1900 3000 3500 3000 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). SE-17 SE-20 SE-21 S-17 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 33 49 55 41 LVORI................ 4 1 1 1 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME(EST) 9PM 12AM 3AM 6AM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY WX................... SHRA SHRA SHRA SHRA CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 10 10 10 10 TEMP (F)............. 66 63 60 61 DEW PT (F)........... 61 60 60 60 RH (%)............... 85 91 97 97 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... S-9G16 S-9G16 S-10G17 S-9G16 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 16 12 13 12 LVORI................ 4 5 5 6 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON TIME(EST) 9AM NOON 3PM 6PM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY WX................... SHRA SHRA SHRA SHRA CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 10 10 10 10 TEMP (F)............. 71 82 84 76 DEW PT (F)........... 66 65 63 61 RH (%)............... 84 56 49 61 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... S-9G14 SW-10G16 SW-11G18 SW-11G17 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 2600 4000 4000 3500 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). S-13 SW-14 SW-17 SW-17 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 37 53 48 44 LVORI................ 4 1 1 1 NO WX = NO WEATHER MOCLR = MOSTLY CLEAR SHRA = SHOWERS PTCLDY = PARTLY CLOUDY TSRA = THUNDERSTORMS MOCLDY = MOSTLY CLOUDY CLR = CLEAR CLDY = CLOUDY $$