FNUS72 KTAE 021021
FWSTAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 304...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
621 AM EDT FRI APR 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.AT (850)942-8835

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES...

....FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR LEON BUT NOT
WAKULLA COUNTIES...

.DISCUSSION...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN
ATLANTIC...WARM AND DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION
TODAY YIELDING RED FLAG HUMIDITIES FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES.
THE AIR MASS WILL GRADUALLY MOISTEN UP ON SATURDAY FROM WEST TO
EAST AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION AND THE PERSISTENT
HIGH SLIDES EASTWARD. HOWEVER...SUFFICIENT DRYING WILL REMAIN
ACROSS LEON AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN MOST WAKULLA COUNTY TO JUSTIFY
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. DISPERSION INDICES WILL ALSO REMAIN ABOVE
AVERAGE EACH AFTERNOON...BUT ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
                    TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 84.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 3100 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 13 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION..........AROUND 50.


TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     72     77     81     84     78
RH..............65     39     33     28     26     34
20 FT WIND......S 2    S 6    S 8    S 9    S 8    S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     15     10     10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION..........AROUND 2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 14 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION..........AROUND 65.


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TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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