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SPOT FORECAST FOR SALT SPRINGS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
807 AM EDT WED MAR 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...AREAS OF FOG WILL BURN OFF RAPIDLY THIS MORNING. A
RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY WITH MARGINAL RED
FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE BURN AREA...ALTHOUGH A SEABREEZE BY
EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON MAY PREVENT 4 HOURS OF HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW
35 PERCENT. OTHER THAN THE SEABREEZE...VERY LIGHT WINDS ARE
EXPECTED.

AN APPROACHING FRONT LATE IN THE WORK WEEK WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES
ELEVATED WHILE ALSO INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 MPH IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4800 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....58.

TIME (EDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........21     21     19     19
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     68     73     74
RH..............66     47     35     34
20 FT WIND......NE 5   NE 6   E 6    E 6
20 FT WIND GUST.              10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1000   3100   4800   4800
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 7   E 8    E 10   E 10

.TONIGHT...

WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1100 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 6    E 6    E 6    SE 5   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4800   1100   1100   700    300    300
TRANSPORT WIND..E 13   E 13   E 13   SE 9   SE 6   SE 6

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FORECASTER...CARROLL
REQUESTED BY...JOHN MASTERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100324.SALTS.01/JAX