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SPOT FORECAST FOR EDDY TOWER...USDA- FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1025 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1015 EDT ON MAY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA TODAY.
WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MPH AND GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH THIS MORNING
THEN WILL BECOME WNW BY MID-AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH CENTER SAGS SOUTH OF THE
AREA. HOWEVER GIVEN SUCH LIGHT FLOW MORE VARIED FLOW IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH MINIMUM RHS IN THE LOWER 20S THIS
AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN PATCHY
                    SMOKE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600-6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 3
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....31.

TIME (EDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........9      9      8      8
WEATHER COV.....AREAS  AREAS  PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....SMOKE  SMOKE  SMOKE  SMOKE
TEMP............78     85     88     87
RH..............45     28     23     26
20 FT WIND......N 5    NW 3   W 2    W 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....3600   3600   6000   6000
TRANSPORT WIND..N 7    N 6    N 5    W 5
LAL.............1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). PATCHY SMOKE EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-1700 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 3 MPH INCREASING TO 3 TO 7 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........8      8      8      8      9      9
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....SMOKE  NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............83     75     68     64     61     58
RH..............30     42     55     64     73     83
20 FT WIND......W 5    W 2    W 2    W 1    SW 1   SW 0
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....4600   3100   3100   1700   200    200
TRANSPORT WIND..W 3    SW 3   SW 3   SW 6   W 7    W 7
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-5200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....61.

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FORECASTER...ENYEDI
REQUESTED BY...PETER MYERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110507.EDDYT.01/JAX