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SPOT FORECAST FOR OKR_0530...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
600 AM EDT TUE MAR 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY WEST FLOW WILL FUNNEL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE SOUTH. THE DRY AIR COMBINED WITH INCREASING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO BRIEF DURATIONS OF RH VALUES NEAR CRITICAL
LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 WILL COULD GUST AS
HIGH AS 20 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900-4500 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....76.

TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........8      8      8      8      6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............49     59     65     68     68
RH..............66     47     39     36     39
20 FT WIND......W 8    W 11   W 12   W 13   W 13
20 FT WIND GUST.10     17     18     20     17
MIX HGT (FT)....900    2400   2400   4500   3900
TRANSPORT WIND..W 12   W 16   W 16   W 20   W 16
DISPERSION INDX.14     45     45     77     59
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........6      4      4      11     12     12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............66     59     54     51     48     47
RH..............43     58     68     74     82     87
20 FT WIND......W 10   W 6    W 3    W 3    W 3    W 2
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....3900   1000   1000   700    300    300
TRANSPORT WIND..W 16   W 10   W 10   W 7    W 5    W 5

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....24.

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FORECASTER...SHULER
REQUESTED BY...MIKE WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100323.OKR_0.01/JAX