FNUS72 KMFL 301435 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR SKUNK APE SOUTH BURN...NPS--BIG CYPRESS NATL PRESERVE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1035 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DISCUSSION...A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA...BUT THE CLOUDINESS AND ANY POTENTIAL CEILING ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE BURN AREA. THERE COULD BE MINIMUM RH'S NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS FOR ONE OR TWO HOURS. LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY. TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...MORE SOUTHERLY SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BEGIN TO BRING SOME OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE BURN AREA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1100 AM EDT 03/30/09 ___________________________________________________________________ FORECAST FOR MONDAY TIME(EDT) 9AM NOON 3PM 6PM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY/WX............... PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY TEMP (F)............. 63 79 83 81 DEW PT (F)........... 60 53 53 59 RH (%)............... 74 41 35 47 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... NE-4 NE-5 NW-5 SW-6 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 1400 3100 4000 3500 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). NE-6 N-9 NW-9 N-8 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 11 33 46 36 LVORI................ 3 1 1 1 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY NIGHT TIME(EDT) 9PM 12AM 3AM 6AM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY WX................... NO WX SHRA SHRA SHRA CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 10 10 10 10 TEMP (F)............. 73 68 66 65 DEW PT (F)........... 61 60 60 62 RH (%)............... 66 78 84 88 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... E-4 E-3 E-3 E-3 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 3 4 4 1 LVORI................ 3 4 5 6 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON TIME(EDT) 9AM NOON 3PM 6PM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY WX................... TSRA TSRA TSRA TSRA CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 30 30 30 30 TEMP (F)............. 69 82 86 83 DEW PT (F)........... 63 66 68 69 RH (%)............... 83 57 55 62 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... E-2 SE-9 SE-9 SE-9 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 1700 3600 4500 3200 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). E-2 SE-9 SE-14 SE-12 LAL.................. 2 2 2 2 LDSI................. 6 31 56 42 LVORI................ 4 1 1 1 NO WX = NO WEATHER MOCLR = MOSTLY CLEAR SHRA = SHOWERS PTCLDY = PARTLY CLOUDY TSRA = THUNDERSTORMS MOCLDY = MOSTLY CLOUDY CLR = CLEAR CLDY = CLOUDY $$