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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG CAMP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
738 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0723 EDT ON JUNE 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA TODAY AND STALL
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL RE-
BUILD SOUTH OF THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEK.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 35-40 PERCENT RANGE AND
MAY COMBINE WITH HIGH DISPERSION VALUES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3400 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....61.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (EDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........37     37     49     53     53     58
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............80     88     94     96     95     93
RH..............84     67     53     44     42     49
20 FT WIND......NW 7   N 8    N 12   N 13   N 13   N 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     20     20     15
MIX HGT (FT)....1700   1700   4900   7200   7200   3400
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 9   NW 9   N 16   N 17   N 17   N 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     0      0      30     30     30
LAL.............1      1      1      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700-3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 3 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 2 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE WEST AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....1.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........58     58     58     78     45     45
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE   NONE
TEMP............90     85     80     78     76     74
RH..............49     62     77     85     92     95
20 FT WIND......N 8    N 3    N 2    NW 2   SW 2   W 2
20 FT WIND GUST.15     5      5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....3400   1700   1700   300    300    300
TRANSPORT WIND..N 10   N 5    N 5    N 3    SW 2   SW 2
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30     10     10

.TUESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).

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FORECASTER...TRABERT
REQUESTED BY...PAUL VARNEDOE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090622.BIGCA.01/JAX