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SPOT FORECAST FOR USNPS BILLS HILL...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
543 PM EST THU DEC 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1725 EST ON DECEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN INVERTED TROUGH IN THE ATLANTIC EAST OF THE BURN
SITE IS CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE BURN AREA.
UNTIL THE INVERTED TROUGH LIFTS AWAY FROM THE COAST WINDS WILL BE
OUT OF THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO START
DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE EVENING FURTHER DECREASING TO
AROUND 6 MPH BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING.

WIND TOWERS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST OF THE BURN AREA WERE
RECORDING NORTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT THE
OCEANFRONT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 15 MPH DECREASING TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.                   SUN.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 22 MPH THIS EVENING DECREASING TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....40 THIS EVENING DECREASING TO 9 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....SCH                         SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW                          RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............57  55  55  55  54  55  55  55  54  53  52  52
RH..............69  74  74  77  80  77  77  77  80  86  89  89
20 FT WIND DIR..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT WIND SPD..15  15  14  12  10  10  10  10  9   8   7   6
20 FT WIND GUST.20  20  20  15                  10  10

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....27.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...WIMMER
REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101209.USNPS.02/MLB