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SPOT FORECAST FOR TOWER...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
931 AM EST THU FEB 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EST ON FEBRUARY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MODERATE NORTHEAST SFC AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL
BECOME EASTERLY BY LATE MORNING OVER THE BURN AREA AS AN AREA OF
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. THE
INCREASING ONSHORE COMPONENT OF THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP RH
VALUES FAIRLY HIGH DESPITE WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON.
FLOW WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE REGION
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-4300 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO
                    23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....56.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     65     69     69     66     63
RH..............80     71     67     73     81     90
20 FT WIND......NE 8   E 12   E 14   E 14   E 12   E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     20     15     10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800-1300 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 13
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....10.
LVORI...............5.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 25
                    TO 28 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....71.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...MOSES
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100204.TOWER.01/MLB