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SPOT FORECAST FOR KOLA...VOLUSIA COUNTY FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1257 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0023 EDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT OVER THE FIRE AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
DROPPING INTO THE REGION.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DROP BELOW 10 MPH AROUND SUNRISE THIS
MORNING...ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS OVER THE BURN
SITE AND LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS DUE TO FOG AND SMOKE. BREEZY
SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING LATE MORNING
BECOMING WESTERLY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
POSSIBLE. IN COMBINATION WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH MIXING
HEIGHTS...DISPERSION INDICIES WILL BE AROUND 75 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WIND SPEEDS
DECREASING. NO PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY NEAR
                    SUNRISE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING
                    6 TO 8 MPH AROUND SUNRISE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....15.
LVORI...............7.

TIME (EDT)      1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............63  62  61  60  60  59
RH..............90  93  96  96  96  100
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10  10  10  9   8   7
20 FT WIND GUST.15          10  10


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH...BECOMING WEST
                    14 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 17 TO 24 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....76.
LVORI...............1.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............58  58  64  71  77  80  82  83  83  83  83
RH..............100 96  81  68  58  51  45  42  42  41  40
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..7   7   9   12  13  15  15  16  16  16  16
20 FT WIND GUST.            10  15  15  20  20  25  25  25  25

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 17 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 9 TO 12
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....4.
LVORI...............5.


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FORECASTER...MOSES
REQUESTED BY...JIM MAUNEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110324.KOLA_.01/MLB