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SPOT FORECAST FOR 3 FORKS FIRE...DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1123 AM EST THU DEC 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1100 EST ON DECEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EAST/SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL MODIFY THE DRY AIRMASS OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS PREVENTING CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.
MIN RH VALUES TODAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S PERCENTILE. PATCHY SMOKE
WILL BE FOUND NEAR AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WILDFIRE. LOCALIZED VISIBILITY
HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR SMOKE PRODUCING AREAS. DISPERSION INDICES
TODAY WILL BE IN THE POOR TO FAIR CATEGORY WITH IMPROVEMENT TO GENERALLY
GOOD ON FRIDAY.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY THROUGH
                    THE AFTERNOON.
                    PATCHY SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST/SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-3200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....36.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
TEMP............65  68  70  70  70  70  69  66  64  63  63  62
RH..............58  54  49  48  48  51  55  63  70  72  72  75
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..6   8   9   9   9   8   7   6   5   3   3   3
20 FT WIND GUST.    10  10  10  10  10              5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-300 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....4.
LVORI...............9.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY SMOKE EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING EAST 9 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....55.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...SEDLOCK
REQUESTED BY...JOHN KERN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101230.3FORK.01/MLB