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SPOT FORECAST FOR VOLUSIA COMMAND 2011...VOLUSIA COUNTY FIRE SERVICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
526 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0442 EDT ON JUNE 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE HAS DRIFTED SOUTH. S-SW WINDS
OF 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SE-ESE THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE SEA BREEZE DRIFTS INLAND. SCATTERED STORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO
AFFECT AREAS NEAR THE BURN PERIMETER LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST 7 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0800...THEN 2 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200-5200 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....31.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                                ISO SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....                                TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............77  78  79  81  84  87  88  88  90  91  91  89
RH..............85  85  85  79  70  63  59  59  54  52  50  54
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SSW S   SSE ESE ESE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3   3   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   9
20 FT WIND GUST.5   5                                   10  10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 7
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
LVORI...............5.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3700 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 0 TO 6 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....19.

$$
FORECASTER...GLITTO
REQUESTED BY...JULIE MADDUX
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110624.VOLUS.01/MLB