FNUS72 KMLB 271409
FWSMLB

SPOT FORECAST FOR FARFIELD FIRE...DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
909 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0900 EST ON FEBRUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS IS NEAR CENTRAL FLORIDA...
WHICH IS PROMOTING A SOUTH WIND FLOW.  THE SEA BREEZE WILL PUSH INLAND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST
AS OPPOSED TO A MORE TRADITIONAL EASTERLY SEA BREEZE. WITH DAYTIME HEATING
INTO THE MID 80S ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE PENINSULA...THERE WILL BE
AN ACCELERATION OF THE SEA BREEZE MOVEMENT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND WINDS
AT THE BURN SITE COULD INCREASE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO 10-15 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2800-4700 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH INCREASING TO 10 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....46.

TIME (EST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............69     74     79     80     78     74
RH..............72     64     50     49     54     62
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 8    SSE 9  SE 10  SE 10  SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     15            10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH DECREASING TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....4.
LVORI...............9.

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FORECASTER...LASCODY
REQUESTED BY...TOMMY PARADISE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110227.FARFI.01/MLB