FNUS72 KMFL 241916 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR ASSISTING BIG CYPRESS FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 316 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOT FORECAST FOR ASSISTING BIG CYPRESS FIRE BURN...DOF-MELISSA GILLETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 315 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DISCUSSION...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AT BOTH THE SURFACE AND THROUGH THE MIXING LAYER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE SOME AROUND AND AFTER SUNSET. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE FIRE SITE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR OR JUST BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTING DOWNWIND TO THE WEST...FIRE GROWTH...AND CONTINUED VISIBILITY ISSUES ALONG THE AREAS MAJOR ROADWAYS. AS WINDS WEAKEN SOME TONIGHT...SMOKE WILL TEND TO SETTLE TOWARDS THE GROUND SOME LEADING TO INCREASED VISIBILITY CONCERNS. WINDS WILL GUST OUT OF THE EAST NEAR 25 MPH MUCH OF THE DAY TOMORROW AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR OR JUST BELOW 40 PERCENT TO LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SPREAD AND DOWNWINDS SPOTTING ONCE AGAIN. FOR ONGOING/DEVELOPING FIRES AT 300 PM EDT 04/24/09 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ___________________________________________________________________ FORECAST FOR FRIDAY TIME(EDT) 4PM 7PM 10PM 1AM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY/WX............... PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLR MOCLR TEMP (F)............. 89 82 73 68 DEW PT (F)........... 60 62 65 64 RH (%)............... 38 51 75 85 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... E-12G19 E-13G20 E-9G16 E-8 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 5300 3000 1100 700 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). E-23 E-18 E-12 E-10 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 70 44 9 7 LVORI................ 1 1 3 4 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY TIME(EDT) 4AM 7AM 10AM 1PM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. MOCLR MOCLR MOCLR MOCLR WX................... NO WX NO WX CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 4 4 4 4 TEMP (F)............. 65 61 78 87 DEW PT (F)........... 62 61 67 63 RH (%)............... 91 100 70 45 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... E-6 NE-6 E-9 E-14G23 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 6 5 29 52 LVORI................ 5 9 3 1 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME(EDT) 4PM 7PM 10PM 1AM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY/WX............... PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY TEMP (F)............. 89 83 74 70 DEW PT (F)........... 61 62 65 64 RH (%)............... 40 50 73 81 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... E-14G23 E-14G23 E-9G16 E-9G14 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 5300 3200 1100 700 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). E-23 E-18 E-12 E-12 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 72 45 9 8 LVORI................ 1 1 3 4 NO WX = NO WEATHER MOCLR = MOSTLY CLEAR SHRA = SHOWERS PTCLDY = PARTLY CLOUDY TSRA = THUNDERSTORMS MOCLDY = MOSTLY CLOUDY CLR = CLEAR CLDY = CLOUDY $$ $$ REQUESTED BY...MELISSA GILLETTE REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE