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SPOT FORECAST FOR OKR-POCKET...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
141 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1324 EDT ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA TODAY
THEN BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
AND NO RED FLAG EVENTS ARE EXPECTED THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE
BETWEEN 35 AND 40 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RH COULD
FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT AS THE FIRE DRAWS MOISTURE FROM THE
ATMOSPHERE.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 MPH OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5800 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....55.

TIME (EDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........53     53     58
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............79     80     80
RH..............51     44     48
20 FT WIND......NE 7   E 9    E 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15
MIX HGT (FT)....5800   5800   4900
TRANSPORT WIND..E 8    E 8    E 13

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1100 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 9 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....6.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........58     43     43     47     54     54
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............78     70     65     63     60     58
RH..............48     67     80     87     94     97
20 FT WIND......E 10   E 12   E 9    E 7    E 6    E 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     15     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4900   1100   1100   500    500    500
TRANSPORT WIND..E 13   E 20   E 20   E 12   E 8    E 8

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-3900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 9 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....28.

$$
FORECASTER...TRABERT
REQUESTED BY...MIKE WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090312.OKRPO.01/JAX