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SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR CREEK...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
559 PM EDT THU MAR 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1744 EDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WAS MOVING QUICKLY INLAND
AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE BURN SITE BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM.  GUSTY
WINDS TO AROUND 2O MPH SHOULD OCCUR.  WINDS WILL ABATE SHORTLY AFTER
SUNSET AND GRADUALLY VEER BACK TO THE SOUTH BEFORE MIDNIGHT...THEN
BECOME LIGHT. WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN 15 MPH OR
GREATER...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE FOG FROM FORMING.

THERE IS AN AREA OF CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND THE
COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THAT FAR NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY MAY HAVE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT...BUT THE CHANCES LOOK
REMOTE GIVEN THE DRYNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND NIGHT TIME STABILITY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH UNTIL AROUND SUNSET
                    THEN BECOMING LIGHT SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1400-1900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 16 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....6.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............78  75  73  71  69  66  65  64  63  62  62  62
RH..............44  49  57  62  68  75  78  81  84  84  85  85
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..13  11  8   7   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   2
20 FT WIND GUST.20  20  15  15  15  10  10  10  5   5   5   5

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 13 TO 17 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400-5000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 21 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....63.

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FORECASTER...LASCODY
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090326.CEDAR.01/MLB