FNUS72 KMLB 280922
FWSMLB

SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN LAKE FIRE...DIVISION OF FORESTRY -BLUE IMT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
522 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2003 EDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TODAY...RESULTING IN VERY HIGH DISPERSION VALUES. A
COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE BURN AREA ON SUNDAY...
PRECEDED BY A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR THESE STORMS TO PASS OVER
THE BURN SITE IS SOMETIME BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM. FUTURE SPOT
FORECASTS WILL BE ABLE TO BETTER REFINE AND NARROW THIS TIME FRAME.

DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT FROM LATE
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 18
                    MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 25 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 29 TO 33 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....77.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............66  66  70  74  77  80  82  84  86  86  86  86
RH..............97  97  87  82  74  69  63  57  51  50  50  50
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..6   7   8   10  12  14  16  17  18  18  17  17
20 FT WIND GUST.8   8   12  15  20  22  25  25  25  25  25  25

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0200...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800-2500 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 TO 36 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 23
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....18.
LVORI...............4.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 1100...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-3500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....66.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...CRISTALDI
REQUESTED BY...DUANE R  DURGEE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090327.INDIA.02/MLB