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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...USDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
709 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 EST ON JANUARY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA EARLY TODAY WILL MOVE EAST
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH TONIGHT. A RAPID
INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES NEAR 60-80% EXPECTED
ON SATURDAY AS THE COLD FRONT AND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IMPACT THE
FOREST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED
WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS
NEAR 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY. COOLER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND DRIER
AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RH VALUES WILL
REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH SATURDAY WITH NEAR CRITICAL
VALUES ON SUNDAY POSSIBLE FOR SHORT DURATIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....28.

TIME (EST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........64     57     60     60     73
WEATHER COV.....BRIEF
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     57     64     67     66
RH..............97     72     55     50     54
20 FT WIND......E 3    E 5    E 6    E 7    E 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....800    1500   2300   2300   2400
TRANSPORT WIND..E 5    E 8    SE 10  SE 10  SE 12
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0100...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-700 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........73     74     75     75     71     85
WEATHER COV.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............63     59     57     55     54     53
RH..............60     72     79     87     95     100
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 6    E 7    SE 6   SE 6   S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10            10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....2400   1000   700    700    400    700
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 12  E 13   SE 9   SE 9   SE 8   S 10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      2      2

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....26.

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FORECASTER...TRABERT
REQUESTED BY...PETE MYERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100129.WILDC.01/JAX