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SPOT FORECAST FOR FLORIDA SLOUGH W UNIT 2 4...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
741 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MAINLY SUNNY SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE
MORNING. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP TO 25
TO 30 PERCENT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY WEST...AT BRIEF TIMES
ATTAINING A SLIGHT NORTHWEST COMPONENT. SPEEDS WILL BE AT 15 TO 20 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. SUNDAY WILL BRING SIMILAR
DRYNESS BUT LESS WINDS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2500-45300) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (215200-241900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10400-11200 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 14 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............40     49     55     60     62     61
RH..............74     45     32     27     25     27
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 10   W 14   W 14   W 14   W 12
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     25     25     25     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND
                    5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (232500-234500) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (1700-3400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......10300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 22 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 9 TO 18
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65.
RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2100-37500) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (52700-86200) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700-7600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090502.FLORI.01/MPX