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SPOT FORECAST FOR IRONHORSE COMMAND...FLORIDA DIV. OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
608 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0535 EST ON MARCH 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GOOD MORNING. LIGHT EAST WINDS AT THE BURN SITE
EARLY THIS MORNING WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST...KEEPING THE
ATMOSPHERE MOIST. A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS EXISTS...MAINLY IN
THE MORNING. WE DO NOT EXPECT A REPEAT OF THE PERSISTENT RAINFALL
OF YESTERDAY. THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE SO WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME GUSTY FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER OUT OF THE SOUTH TONIGHT THEN SOUTHWEST
SUNDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SURFACE AND TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF FOG TO A MINIMUM TONIGHT BUT PRODUCE
VERY GOOD DISPERSION SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 13 TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4100 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 17 TO 20 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....55.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............60     64     71     74     75     75
RH..............86     74     60     55     53     52
20 FT WIND......E 2    ESE 10 SE 13  SE 15  SE 15  SE 17
20 FT WIND GUST.              18     20     22     25

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600-700 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....10.
LVORI...............5.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 16 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....68.

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FORECASTER...SEDLOCK/KELLY
REQUESTED BY...JOHN KERN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110305.IRONH.01/MLB