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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORMANDY FIRE...FLORIDA DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1146 PM EST MON DEC 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2337 EST ON DECEMBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER DRY DAY IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY WITH RH VALUES
FALLING TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT AREA WIDE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE AIRMASS WILL MODIFY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK
AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA. RH VALUES WILL STAY ABOVE
CRITICAL LEVELS UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE
BELOW 15 MPH THIS WEEK.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1700-2900 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO
                    8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....25.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........28     23     23     23     23     23
WEATHER COV.....AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....FROST  NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............29     30     46     59     64     63
RH..............100    100    60     37     33     36
20 FT WIND......E 0    S 0    NW 2   W 5    SW 6   SW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      5      10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....300    400    1700   1700   2900   1700
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 2   N 3    NW 6   NW 6   SW 7   SW 8
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 6 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....4.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........23     20     20     20     62     62
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............57     52     50     48     47     46
RH..............52     66     71     79     87     94
20 FT WIND......SW 3   SW 3   SW 3   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     5             10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1700   400    300    300    200    300
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 8   W 8    SW 6   SW 6   SW 6   W 9
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500-2600 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 23 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....64.

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FORECASTER...ZIBURA
REQUESTED BY...BARRY L  COULLIETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101220.NORMA.02/JAX