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SPOT FORECAST FOR COPELAND...BIG CYPRESS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
556 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0542 EDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AREAS OF SMOKE WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING DUE TO
THE ONGOING WILDFIRE. OTHERWISE, THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY
BY AFTERNOON AS A LARGE TROUGH AND COLD FRONT DRAW CLOSER
TO THE REGION. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE AND
BECOME MAINLY SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. SOME GUSTS
AROUND 15 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 14
                    TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 14
                    TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............9, THEN DECREASING TO LESS THAN 4 BY LATE MORNING.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........30     40     40     40     30     60
WEATHER COV.....AREAS  ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....SMOKE  RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............68     69     80     85     88     87
RH..............100    100    67     57     52     53
20 FT WIND......S 2    S 3    S 3    S 6    SW 8   SW 8
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      10     15     15
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 2    S 3    S 3    S 6    SW 8   SW 8
EYE LEVEL WIND..5      5      5      10     15     15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 2
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 2
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 20 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 20 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.

$$
FORECASTER...BETTWY
REQUESTED BY...JILL WAISLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110514.COPEL.01/MFL