FNUS72 KJAX 010954
FWSJAX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ARABIA BAY...NWS WFO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
454 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0449 EST ON DECEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR LOW RHS AND BREEZY WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...MUCH DRIER AND COLDER AIR WILL FILTER OVER
THE AREA TODAY FOLLOWING A FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING.
MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO NEAR 25% INLAND THIS
AFTERNOON WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH
EXPECTED. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

ON THURSDAY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. WINDS WILL BE FROM
THE NORTH BUT LESS THAN 15 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 20 PERCENT RANGE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING SUNNY
                    (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH AND GUSTY.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 0700...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 20 TO 26 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....62.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........92     11     11     11     3      3
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     48     52     55     56     55
RH..............90     71     48     33     26     23
20 FT WIND......NW 13  NW 14  NW 16  NW 15  NW 15  NW 14
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     25     20     15
MIX HGT (FT)....800    900    1900   1900   3000   2600
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 20  NW 22  NW 25  NW 25  NW 26  NW 21
LAL.............4      1      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-500 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 21 MPH BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 9
                    MPH OVERNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........3      5      5      5      4      4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............44     38     35     33     31     30
RH..............40     56     66     72     78     81
20 FT WIND......NW 9   NW 5   NW 3   NW 3   NW 3   N 3
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     10     5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....2600   800    500    500    300    500
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 21  NW 15  NW 9   NW 9   N 6    N 9
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH
                    BY AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-2800 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 9 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....36.

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FORECASTER...ENYEDI
REQUESTED BY...ENYEDI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101201.ARABI.01/JAX