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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1738 EDT ON JUNE 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 8 PM
NEAR THE BURN SITE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE
AS STORMS MOVE SLOWLY EAST. WINDS MAY GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH NEAR STORMS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY MIDNIGHT WITH SKIES BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST STEERING FLOW AND INCREASING MOISTURE
LEVELS OVER THE AREA. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING WITH STORMS WILL BE A CONCERN
FOR NEW FIRE STARTS IN AREAS THAT DO NOT SEE AS MUCH RAIN.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............84  83  82  81  81  81  80  80  79  78  78  77
RH..............59  65  69  70  72  73  74  76  77  78  80  81
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 FT WIND SPD..12  12  5   5   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   1
20 FT WIND GUST.                5   5   5

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 7 TO 10 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1800 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO 4500-5200 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....20.
LVORI...............1.

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FORECASTER...VOLKMER
REQUESTED BY...JULIE MADDUX
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110624.VOLUS.02/MLB