FNUS72 KTAE 130940 FWSTAE SPOT FORECAST FOR JACKSON GUARD...EGLIN AFB JACKSON GUARD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 440 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0730 CST ON MARCH 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.AT (850)942-8835 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA EXCEPT DIXIE COUNTY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION... .DISCUSSION...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA. ALTHOUGH CRITICAL DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY NOT BE REACHED IN SOME AREAS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH ALONG WITH DISPERSION VALUES ABOVE 75 WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA EXCEPT DIXIE COUNTY. THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR 1 TO 2 HOURS OVER THE SAME AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS ONCE AGAIN WE MAY MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA DUE TO WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL EARLY THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 10 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 24 TO 32 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION..........AROUND 93. TIME (CST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 60 63 66 68 62 RH..............63 53 43 37 34 43 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 15 W 17 W 17 W 16 W 13 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 25 25 20 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 24 TO 30 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DISPERSION..........AROUND 20. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING...BECOMING WEST 6 TO 14 MPH LATE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL IN THE EARLY MORNING...INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 21 MPH. DISPERSION..........AROUND 60. $$ FORECASTER...BARRY REQUESTED BY...DAVID GRIMM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100313.JACKS.01/TAE