FNUS72 KMFL 100621 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK CURVE FIRE BURN...MELISSA GILLETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 221 AM EDT SUN MAY 10 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DISCUSSION... VERY LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED IN THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... WITH A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE MAINTAINING WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WHERE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID 90S AND MAY RESULT IN RFW CRITERIA BEING ACHIEVED. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ACROSS THE INTERIOR...AS THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE IS FORECAST TO SHIFT INLAND EVERY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED SOON TO A RED FLAG WARNING. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0136 AM EDT 05/10/09 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ___________________________________________________________________ FORECAST FOR SUNDAY MORNING TIME(EDT) 3AM 6AM 9AM NOON ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. MOCLR MOCLR MOCLR PTCLDY WX................... NO WX NO WX CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 20 20 20 20 TEMP (F)............. 72 69 80 91 DEW PT (F)........... 64 65 64 58 RH (%)............... 76 87 59 34 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... SW-4 E-1 NW-3 SE-3G8 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 500 200 2000 3700 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). S-4 SW-4 NW-4 NW-4 LAL.................. 1 1 1 1 LDSI................. 2 2 12 19 LVORI................ 4 6 2 2 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR LATER SUNDAY TIME(EDT) 3PM 6PM 9PM 12AM ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. PTCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLR WX................... TSRA TSRA TSRA NO WX CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 20 20 20 20 TEMP (F)............. 96 93 82 76 DEW PT (F)........... 55 59 64 65 RH (%)............... 26 32 55 69 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... N-5 S-9 SE-3 E-3 LAL.................. 2 2 2 1 LDSI................. 25 22 3 4 LVORI................ 2 2 3 3 ___________________________________________________________________ OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY NIGHT TIME(EDT) 3AM 6AM 9AM NOON ___________________________________________________________________ SKY.................. MOCLR MOCLR MOCLR PTCLDY WX................... NO WX NO WX NO WX TSRA CHANCE OF PRECIP (%). 20 20 20 20 TEMP (F)............. 72 69 79 88 DEW PT (F)........... 66 67 67 68 RH (%)............... 80 93 68 52 20 FT WIND (MPH)..... SE-3 SE-1 SE-3 SE-4 MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 500 200 1800 3400 TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). SE-9 SE-9 SE-9 SE-5 LAL.................. 1 1 1 2 LDSI................. 4 4 20 24 LVORI................ 4 6 3 2 NO WX = NO WEATHER MOCLR = MOSTLY CLEAR SHRA = SHOWERS PTCLDY = PARTLY CLOUDY TSRA = THUNDERSTORMS MOCLDY = MOSTLY CLOUDY CLR = CLEAR CLDY = CLOUDY $$