FNUS72 KMLB 272128
FWSMLB

SPOT FORECAST FOR JAY...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
528 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1710 EDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILERS AT THE SPACE CENTER WERE
DETECTING SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH FROM JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE
TO AROUND 1500 FEET THEN SOUTHERLY THROUGH 3000 FEET. WINDS ABOVE
3000 FEET WERE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE SOUTHEAST WIND WILL BECOME
SOUTH AND DECREASE TO AROUND 8 MPH AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF
THE SEA BREEZE COMPONENT. A SHOWER OR TWO MAY DRIFT TOWARD THE
WILDFIRE SITE UNTIL LATE EVENING THEN NIL WEATHER THE REST OF THE
NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 8
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000-1300 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 18 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....16.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............81  80  79  78  78  77  77  76  76  75  74  73
RH..............71  76  82  85  85  87  85  87  85  87  93  97
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..17  17  13  12  10  9   8   7   7   7   7   8
20 FT WIND GUST.25  25  15  15      10  10                  10

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....49.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...WIMMER
REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110427.JAY__.01/MLB