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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOAT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
937 AM EDT WED APR 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0858 EDT ON APRIL 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL GENERATE A WEST TO NORTHWEST
TRANSPORT FLOW TODAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.  WINDS
NEAR THE SURFACE MAY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AS THE WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ALLOWS A SEABREEZE TO DEVELOP...
BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MPH.

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35% FOR 4-6 HOURS THIS
AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY.......30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT).......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                   SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN.....0 PERCENT.
LAL................1.
MIXING HEIGHT......900-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL AROUND
                   MIDDAY.
TRANSPORT WINDS....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX...46.
LVORI..............0.

TIME (EDT)         8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%)............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV........NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
WEATHER TYPE.......NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP...............52     61     64     65     67     64
RH.................63     45     38     35     31     38
20 FT WIND.........NW 3   NW 5   NW 5   NW 5   S 5    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST....5                    10     10     10


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.
LVORI...............6.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....44.
LVORI...............0.

$$

FORECASTER...BRAGAW
REQUESTED BY...JEFFREY R SCHARDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090408.GOAT_.01/MLB