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SPOT FORECAST FOR VOLUSIA COMMAND 2011...VOLUSIA COUNTY FIRE SERVICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
623 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0700 EDT ON JUNE 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS ACROSS THE WILDFIRE SITE
THIS MORNING SUPPORTING LIGHT WINDS...BUT WILL GIVE WAY TO SOUTHEAST WINDS
6 TO 12 MPH BEHIND AN EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BY LATE MORNING AND DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE SLIGHT IN VICINITY. WARM WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S BEFORE DROPPING A FEW DEGREES BEHIND THE
PASSING SEA BREEZE. MINIMUM RH VALUES TO STAY ABOVE 40 PERCENT DUE TO
THE SOUTHEAST MARITIME FLOW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH
                    FOR THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH...SHIFTING SOUTHEAST.
DISPERSION INDEX....44.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........CLR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                    SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....                    TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............79  80  83  85  88  89  90  92  91  91  90  88
RH..............82  82  72  67  59  56  54  49  50  49  50  55
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..3   5   5   5   7   7   7   8   8   8   13  13
20 FT WIND GUST.5                           10  10  10  15  15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.
LVORI...............6.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 8 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-5100 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....39.
LVORI...............0.

$$
FORECASTER...SHARP
REQUESTED BY...JULIE MADDUX
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110622.VOLUS.01/MLB