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SPOT FORECAST FOR IRONHORSE...VOLUSIA COUNTY FIRE RESCUE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
949 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2121 EDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN BECOMING
SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED FOR THE REST
OF THE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER PATCHY FOG AND LOW LEVEL STRATUS MAY
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TOWARDS DAYBREAK SUNDAY. LIMITED
VISIBILITIES MAY BE POSSIBLE IF ANY OF THE FOG MIXES WITH SMOKE
FROM THE FIRE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO SUNDAY...BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. THIS ELEVATED
OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD KEEP THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM FORMING
LATER IN THE DAY. WITHOUT THE SEA BREEZE TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB
WELL INTO THE UPPER 80S AND POSSIBLY NEAR 90. THESE WARM
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL
INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE BURN SITE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLEAR. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE NIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....6.
LVORI...............8.

TIME (EDT)      10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                    PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....                    FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
TEMP............70  68  67  66  65  64  63  63  63  63  63  67
RH..............74  78  79  81  82  84  87  85  86  86  87  76
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   8
20 FT WIND GUST.                                            10

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-6200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 21 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....70.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...WEITLICH
REQUESTED BY...MARK EDGIL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110326.IRONH.01/MLB