FNUS72 KMFL 171145 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR SANCTUARY SMOKE...NPS BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 645 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0700 EST ON JANUARY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL PULL MOISTURE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND IN THE CHANCES OF RAIN. LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. RAINFALL COULD REACH UP TO 1 INCH. SOME FOG MAY NE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AFTER THE RAIN BUT IT DEPENDS UPON WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY CLOUDS. DISPERSION WILL POOR TO FAIR AS CLOUDS INCREASE AND THE CEILING LOWERS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 0700...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1900-3000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 13 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 33 IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 23 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............7. TIME (EST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........90 90 90 90 90 90 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 68 71 74 73 72 RH..............84 78 76 71 76 79 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 3 SE 6 S 8 S 8 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 3 E 3 SE 6 S 8 S 8 S 6 EYE LEVEL WIND..5 5 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1700 1700 3000 3000 3000 1900 MIXNG WIND......E 6 E 6 SE 12 S 15 S 15 S 13 DISPERSION IDX..11 11 28 37 37 23 LVORI...........4 4 3 3 3 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 58. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 0100...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 1 TO 2 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....23 DECREASING TO 3. LVORI...............6. $$ FORECASTER...ROTHFUSS REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN TURBO TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE