FNUS72 KMLB 072103 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR APOLLO BCH 3 4 5 6...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 503 PM EDT WED APR 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1625 EDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT BUT WILL GET BUMPED A BIT FURTHER SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ANY VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS NEAR THE BURN SITE...HOWEVER FURTHER WEST THERE MAY BE OBSERVED SOME SLIGHT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DOWNWIND DUE TO A HIGHER LVORI...AS WINDS HERE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO DECOUPLE AND TRAP SMOKE. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MAINLY CLEAR. COULD BE SOME STRATUS FORMATION VERY LATE OVERNIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL LATE THIS AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 500-1600 FT AGL IN THE EARLY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 17 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....7 OVERNIGHT. LVORI...............6 INCREASING TO 8 OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR OF THE COUNTY. TIME (EDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR SCT SCT WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............76 75 73 73 72 70 69 68 67 66 65 65 64 64 RH..............63 69 73 76 81 84 87 87 90 93 93 95 97 96 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 6 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY EARLY...THOUGH COULD BE SOME EARLY MORNING STRATUS AROUND. THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL EARLY IN MORNING INCREASING TO 5600 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....67. $$ FORECASTER...SEDLOCK REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100407.APOLL.02/MLB