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SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 3 1...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
728 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL LEAD TO POOR
DISPERSION VALUES TODAY. WHILE THE FORECAST SHOWS WINDS BECOMING
LIGHT WEST IN THE MORNING...WIND SPEEDS DROPPING OFF TO LESS THAN
5 MPH INDICATE THAT DIRECTION WILL LIKELY BECOME VARIABLE NEAR THE
BURN SITE AFTER IGNITION.

***LOCAL MODEL RUNS HINT AT SURFACE AND 20 FT WINDS BECOMING VERY
LIGHT ONSHORE NEAR THE BURN AREA IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.***

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....20.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............60  62  64  66  66  66  66  62  59  55  53  52
RH..............78  72  65  61  61  61  58  67  75  83  89  93
20 FT WIND DIR..NW  N   NW  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6   3   2   2   3   5   3   5   6   5   5   3
20 FT WIND GUST.    5           5       5                   5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE IN SPOTS AND AROUND
                    SMOLDERING FIRES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT WEST-NORTHWEST LATE EVENING & OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-600 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............9.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG AROUND
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING AND LOCALLY DENSE IN SPOTS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....26.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...SEDLOCK
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT VERNACHIO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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