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SPOT FORECAST FOR OKE-COMP-6...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
744 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON FEBRUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE REGION WILL BRING A
WARMING TREND THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TODAY.
EXPECT MILDER NIGHT-TIME TEMPERATURES AND PATCHES OF FOG EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.

ON SATURDAY...BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO CROSS GEORGIA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A TRAILING
COLD FRONT THAT MAY BE PRECEDED BY A SQUALL LINE. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST
LATE SATURDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OVER GEORGIA AND THE
TRAILING FRONT ADVANCES TOWARD FLORIDA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3300 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....54.

TIME (EST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........27     27     42     47
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     72     75     75
RH..............65     47     41     41
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 8    S 9    S 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....2900   2900   5400   3300
TRANSPORT WIND..S 14   S 14   S 13   S 12
LAL.............1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........47     51     46     46     40     37
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............70     64     61     58     57     55
RH..............51     67     78     85     92     99
20 FT WIND......SW 5   SW 2   S 2    S 2    S 2    S 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....3300   1100   700    700    300    400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 12   S 10   S 6    S 6    S 3    S 6
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 16 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO
                    26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....72.

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FORECASTER...CARROLL
REQUESTED BY...REGGIE FORCINE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090227.OKECO.02/JAX