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SPOT FORECAST FOR BITHLO WILDFIRE...FLORIDA DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
556 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0522 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...THE SEA BREEZE WILL MOVE INLAND QUICKER TODAY AND SPEEDS
MAY REACH TO 15 MPH AS THE BOUNDARY PASSES IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
BEFORE THAT...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST
LATER THIS MORNING.  MINIMUM RH VALUES SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT
DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD RISE A LITTLE AFTER THE
SEA BREEZE PASSES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND 10 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 12 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....41.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG
TEMP............66  67  67  71  75  79  81  82  84  84  83  83
RH..............93  93  81  68  58  49  44  40  36  36  38  39
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..2   2   3   4   6   6   7   8   9   10  10  12
20 FT WIND GUST.        5   5                           15  15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600-900 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.
LVORI...............5.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 23 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....74.

$$
FORECASTER...LASCODY
REQUESTED BY...JOHN KERN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090424.BITHL.01/MLB