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SPOT FORECAST FOR 234 BEARS MILL...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
518 AM EST MON JAN 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON JANUARY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND COOL AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA EARLY THIS WEEK WITH LONG DURATIONS OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TODAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

IGNITION CONDITIONS SHOULD NOW BE PARTICULARLY HIGH, GIVEN THE
AMOUNT OF FREEZE DRIED FINE FUELS RESULTING FROM THE FREQUENT
LONGER DURATION AND HARD FREEZES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....23.

TIME (EST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............33     41     48     50     47     40
RH..............54     39     30     29     34     49
20 FT WIND......NNW 7  NNW 8  NW 8   WNW 7  WNW 6  WNW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............5.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 17 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....46.

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FORECASTER...GLITTO
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100111.234BE.01/MLB