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SPOT FORECAST FOR SALT SPRINGS FIRE  16...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
456 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1643 EDT ON JUNE 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE
REGION. THIS WILL CONTINUE LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS
THE AREA WITH AN AFTERNOON ATLANTIC COAST SEA BREEZE EACH DAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY.

WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA.

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WAS OVER EASTERN
PUTNAM COUNTY AROUND 445 PM WITH A RIVER BREEZE LIKELY FARTHER WEST
OVER WESTERN PUTNAM OR EASTERN MARION COUNTY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF THESE
FRONTS...WITH A LIGHT STORM MOTION TO THE NORTH. OUTFLOWS FROM
SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY CREATE VARIED WIND DIRECTIONS OVER THE BURN
LOCATION THIS EVENING. PREVAILING WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY
BY MIDNIGHT. AS WINDS DECOUPLE TONIGHT...IF RECENT RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED
NEAR THE BURN SITE...FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG LATE
                    IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2000...THEN 3 UNTIL 0200...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1700 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........69     63     63     43     58     58
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............90     85     81     79     78     76
RH..............58     69     78     83     88     92
20 FT WIND......SE 2   SE 1   SE 1   SE 2   SE 3   SE 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....5200   1700   1700   1000   300    300
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 6   S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5
LAL.............4      3      3      3      2      2

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 0800...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4300 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....40.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........58     64     64     64     76     76
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RN/FG  TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............75     77     84     88     90     89
RH..............95     90     71     61     57     58
20 FT WIND......SE 3   SE 3   SE 6   SE 8   SE 10  SE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10            10
MIX HGT (FT)....1000   1600   1600   3000   4300   4300
TRANSPORT WIND..S 7    SE 9   SE 9   SE 9   SE 10  SE 10
LAL.............2      3      3      3      3      3

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FORECASTER...ENYEDI
REQUESTED BY...MIKE WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100628.SALTS.01/JAX