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SPOT FORECAST FOR PEPPER...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
700 AM EDT FRI JUL 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0633 EDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS TODAY FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST.
RAIN CHANCES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FAVORING THE
LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE
PRIME HAZARD OF CONCERN. A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE LIFTING NORTH
TO ALLOW DRIER ATMOSPHERIC AIR TO WORK IN TO THE INCIDENT AREA FROM THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC. YET...THE EFFECT OF THIS DRIER AIR WILL BE MAINLY TO
REDUCE RAIN CHANCES COMPARED TO YESTERDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE LATE MORNING
                    AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 9 TO 10 MPH
                    AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2 UNTIL 1700...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4800 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 18 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....76.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                SCH CH  CH  CH  SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....                TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............79  80  82  84  86  87  88  89  89  88  88  87
RH..............91  91  91  85  77  72  70  68  68  68  70  75
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3   4   5   6   10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT WIND GUST.    5   6   7               15  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000-2400 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 18 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.
LVORI...............6.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900-5000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....71.
LVORI...............0.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 9 TO 10 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.

$$
FORECASTER...SHARP
REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100716.PEPPE.01/MLB