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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHOOL BURN...FLORIDA DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
648 AM EST WED DEC 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON DECEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...GOOD MORNING. 20 FOOT WINDS AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL
BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE POOR DISPERSION
VALUES. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LIGHT THERE WILL LIKELY BE
SOME VARIABILITY IN THE WIND DIRECTION. SPECIFICALLY...A NORTHEAST
SEA BREEZE MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT THE BURN SITE DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE FULL SUNSHINE THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY AN
INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....10.

TIME (EST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     52     54     54     48     44
RH..............42     36     34     36     49     60
20 FT WIND......N 6    N 5    N 5    N 6    N 5    N 3
20 FT WIND GUST.                                   5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100-3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600-1400 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 1 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....8.
LVORI...............3.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....67.

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FORECASTER...KELLY
REQUESTED BY...BARRY COULLIETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101208.SCHOO.01/MLB