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SPOT FORECAST FOR PITTMAN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
619 PM EST MON MAR 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1800 EST ON MARCH 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE PROXIMITY TO THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE OCALA
FOREST AND THE LAKE TO THE EAST MOST LIKELY CAUSING THE LIGHT
SOUTWEST WIND AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THAT THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
THE SOUTHEAST SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THEN START SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH AND INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT EXPECTING ANY INVERSION/S
TO FORM AND TRAP SMOKE UNDERNEATH IT AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AND
BEGIN TO INFLUENCE WIND DIRECTIONS AND SPEEDS.AND VARIABLE WINDS BEING
CAUSED

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 MPH SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH
                    AFTER SUNSET.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....17.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                                        SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....                                        RW  RW
TEMP............63  60  59  58  56  55  55  54  54  53  53  53
RH..............43  51  55  57  64  66  66  71  74  83  86  89
20 FT WIND DIR..SW   S  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S
20 FT WIND SPD.. 3   3   5   6   6   6   6   7   8  10  12  13
20 FT WIND GUST.                                10  15  15  20

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 22 TO 25
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0700...THEN 5 UNTIL 1300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    AROUND 38 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....65.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...WIMMER
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100301.PITTM.02/MLB