FNUS72 KKEY 101928
FWSKEY

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE KNOCKEMDOWN FIRE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
328 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL BE BREEZY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN
DIMINISHING INTO THE EVENING.  RAINS WILL MAINLY STAY OFFSHORE SOUTH
OF THE KEYS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH INCREASING RAIN CHANCES
AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGH THIN CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER AND
ELEVATE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THROUGH THE EVENING. SATURDAYS RAIN CHANCES
WILL BE AROUND 50 PERCENT ALL DAY. WAVES NEARSHORE WILL BE A MODERATE CHOP
THROUGH THIS EVENING...BECOMING MOSTLY SMOOTH OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE
DAY SATURDAY. IF ANY RAIN DOES DEVELOP...LOOK FOR SHOWERS TO MOVE IN FROM
THE SOUTH OR EAST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
LAL.................2.
DISPERSION INDEX....69 DECREASING TO 17 LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700-1100 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH.
WAVE HEIGHT.........MODERATE CHOP BECOMING MOSTLY SMOOTH.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
CHC PRECIP (%)..20     20     30     40     40     40
TEMP (F)........81     80     79     78     78     78
RH (%)..........67     74     77     77     82     82
20 FT WIND......E 14   E 12   E 9    E 8    E 8    E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     20     15     15
EYE LEVEL WIND..E 11   E 9    E 6    E 4    E 4    E 4
EYE LVL WND GST.20     20     20     20     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....4000   4000   4000   1100   1100   1100
TRANSPORT WIND..E 25   E 24   E 24   E 22   E 18   E 18
DISPERSION......70     67     67     20     16     16
LAL.............2      2      2      2      2      2
WAVE HGT (FT)...2      1      1      1      1      1

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH.
LAL.................3.
DISPERSION INDEX....13 INCREASING TO 26 LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-4700 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH.
WAVE HEIGHT.........MOSTLY SMOOTH.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
CHC PRECIP (%)..40     40     40     50     50     50
TEMP (F)........78     80     82     84     85     85
RH (%)..........82     79     74     70     70     70
20 FT WIND......SE 8   SE 8   SE 7   SE 7   SE 6   SE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     10     10     10
EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 4   SE 6   SE 6   SE 5   SE 4   SE 4
EYE LVL WND GST.15     15     15     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....700    1100   1100   4000   4700   4700
TRANSPORT WIND..E 16   SE 13  SE 13  SE 10  S 8    S 8
DISPERSION......14     11     11     29     22     22
LAL.............2      2      2      2      2      2
WAVE HGT (FT)...1      0      0      0      0      1

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FORECASTER...BS
REQUESTED BY...DANA COHEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110610.LITTL.01/KEY