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SPOT FORECAST FOR TUCKER BURN...STFR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
923 AM EST WED FEB 17 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DISCUSSION...A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY
AND THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT THE BURN SITE MAY FALL INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 30S FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON, HOWEVER RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS IS NOT EXPECTED. A
REINFORCING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH AN EVEN DRIER AIRMASS FOLLOWING IT. THIS
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY. FRIDAY WILL ALSO
LIKELY BE ANOTHER DRY DAY.

TODAY AND THURSDAY THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PRODUCE GENERALLY GOOD
DISPERSION VALUES, HOWEVER BY FRIDAY THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE NEARLY OVERHEAD WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED PRODUCING POOR
TO FAIR DISPERSION VALUES.

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 0930 AM EST 02/17/10
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...


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FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY
TIME(EST)             9AM         NOON         3PM          6PM
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SKY/WX............... MOCLR       PTCLDY       PTCLDY       PTCLDY
TEMP (F)............. 47          56           64           60
DEW PT (F)........... 45          35           38           41
RH (%)............... 93          45           38           51
20 FT WIND (MPH)..... NW-4        NW-8         W-9          W-8
MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 1000        1700         2400         2400
TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). NW-6        NW-13        W-18         W-13
LAL.................. 1           1            1            1
LDSI................. 10          30           51           42
LVORI................ 5           2            1            1

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OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TIME(EST)             9PM         12AM         3AM          6AM

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SKY/WX............... PTCLDY      PTCLDY       PTCLDY       PTCLDY
TEMP (F)............. 51          44           42           39
DEW PT (F)........... 44          43           42           39
RH (%)............... 76          93           100          98
20 FT WIND (MPH)..... W-4         NW-3         NW-3         NW-3
LAL.................. 1           1            1            1
LDSI................. 4           3            3            3
LVORI................ 3           6            9            9
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OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON
TIME(EST)             9AM         NOON         3PM          6PM
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SKY/WX............... PTCLDY      PTCLDY       PTCLDY       PTCLDY
TEMP (F)............. 44          58           66           61
DEW PT (F)........... 38          34           34           38
RH (%)............... 79          39           30           42
20 FT WIND (MPH)..... NW-3        NW-4         NW-5         NW-4
MIXING HGT (FT, AGL). 1100        2100         3000         2400
TRANSPORT WIND (MPH). NW-6        NW-10        NW-13        NW-10
LAL.................. 1           1            1            1
LDSI................. 10          27           52           32
LVORI................ 5           2            1            1

NO WX  = NO WEATHER          MOCLR  = MOSTLY CLEAR
SHRA   = SHOWERS             PTCLDY = PARTLY CLOUDY
TSRA   = THUNDERSTORMS       MOCLDY = MOSTLY CLOUDY
CLR    = CLEAR               CLDY   = CLOUDY

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