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SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN LAKE FIRE...DIVISION OF FORESTRY -BLUE TEAM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
137 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1239 EDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL SUBSIDE WITH SUNSET. A SQUALL
LINE ROLLING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES
INTO NORTH FLORIDA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE REMNANTS
OF THIS CONVECTIVE LINE MAY PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS OVER OR NEAR THE
BURN SITE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A LIGHT SOUTH WIND WILL
PERSIST OVERNIGHT KEEPING THE BOUNDARY LAYER MIXED AND LIMIT FOG
POTENTIAL. STRONGER TRANSPORT WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY WHICH
WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH DISPERSION VALUES.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTHERLY THROUGH SAT NIGHT THEN
SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE WEST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH PASSAGE OF A
COLD FRONT. A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STORMS IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE BURN AREAS EARLY SUNDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS SHOULD BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH AT THE BURN SITE WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...UP TO ONE INCH...POSSIBLE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700-1800 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 22 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....13.
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.....SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............79  77  74  73  72  71  71  71  70  70  70  70
RH..............58  64  69  73  76  79  79  79  81  81  81  81
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..10  9   8   7   7   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT WIND GUST.20  15  15  15  10  10  10

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 28 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....81.

$$
FORECASTER...KELLY
REQUESTED BY...DUANE R  DURGEE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090327.INDIA.01/MLB