FNUS72 KTAE 200944
FWSTAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR BURN UNIT 108...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
444 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON FEBRUARY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.AT (850)942-8835

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...ONE MORE DAY OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TODAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DRY AIR WILL THEN MOVE AWAY AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST AND A GULF LOW MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. A WARM
FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUNDAY WILL PULL IN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HUMID
AIR TO THE REGION. CONDITIONS WILL DRY OUT BRIEFLY ON TUESDAY
AFTER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BEFORE RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE
FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
                    TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...AND 4100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 7 MPH.

TIME (EST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                                    SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....                                    RN  RN  RN
TEMP............51  56  62  63  65  67  67  65  63  58  54  51
RH..............57  46  36  33  30  27  27  30  36  48  57  68
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6   7   9   10  10  9   9   9   9   9   8   7
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  10  10

&&
NOTE: WE GAVE YOU THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. THE WAY YOU FILLED THE
ON-LINE FORM OUT...THE SOFTWARE INTERPRETED THAT YOU WANTED THE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. WHEN SUBMITTING A REQUEST THE DAY BEFORE A
BURN...JUST SELECT THE DATE OF THE BURN AND USE TODAY FOR THE
REQUESTED FORECAST TIME.

ALSO...WE GAVE YOU HOURLY TABULAR DATA HERE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
LOOK AT AN HOURLY GRAPH...GO TO OUR WEB PAGE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE
AND CLICK ON THE MAP NEAR YOUR FIRE SITE. ON THE PAGE THAT POPS UP
SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND CLICK ON HOURLY WEATHER GRAPH IN THE
LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PAGE. YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT
THIS. THE SERVICE WAS UNAVAILABLE YESTERDAY DUE TO SERVER ISSUES.

$$
FORECASTER...WOOL
REQUESTED BY...MARY OWEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100220.BURNU.01/TAE