FNUS72 KTAE 310935
FWSTAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR C9A AERIAL...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
535 AM EDT WED MAR 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.AT (850)942-8835

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD DIRECTLY OVER THE
REGION AND WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.
DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER IN. AT THE SURFACE...LIGHT
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST
5 TO 10 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY AND AGAIN ON
THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S COMBINED WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 30S WILL LEAD TO INLAND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 20S THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO
FOUR TO FIVE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
                    TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO
                    3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
DISPERSION..........AROUND 55.

TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     64     70     74     76     68
RH..............77     55     37     30     29     43
20 FT WIND......NW 3   W 5    W 7    W 7    W 8    W 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     10     10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION..........AROUND 4.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    9 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION..........AROUND 49.

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FORECASTER...BLOCK
REQUESTED BY...VIC DOIG
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100331.C9AAE.01/TAE