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SPOT FORECAST FOR YETI FIRE  SEVEN POINT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
743 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0706 EDT ON MAY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PASS OVER THE FIRE SITE VERY SOON THIS MORNING...CAUSING
A BRIEF WIND SHIFT TO OUT OF THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY
DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE EAST COAST
SEA BREEZE REACHES THE FIRE LOCATION. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE EAST COAST
SEA BREEZE...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OUT OF THE EAST AND INCREASE TO 10-15 MPH
BRIEFLY BEFORE SHIFTING BACK TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 5-8 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....58.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............60  65  69  74  76  78  82  82  82  82  81  78
RH..............80  78  63  55  44  40  35  29  29  30  35  41
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3   3   5   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT WIND GUST.5   5                   10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8
                    MPH...THEN BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............6.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 7 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    7 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....43.

$$
FORECASTER...BOWEN
REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110518.YETIF.01/MLB