FNUS72 KJAX 070918 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR IMPASSABLE BAY...USDA-FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 518 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0505 EDT ON JULY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE REST OF THIS WEEK AS A FRONT SAGS SOUTH TOWARDS THE AREA AND A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. SCATTERED STORMS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE FORECAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONVERGING OVER THE AREA FROM THE REMNANTS OF THE TROPICAL WAVE AND THE FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...EXCEPT MAY BE LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY NEAR STORMS. RH'S ARE FORECAST TO BE WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600-5300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....38. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........48 50 50 47 62 62 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............71 74 85 92 94 93 RH..............100 96 68 54 48 49 20 FT WIND......SE 1 SE 1 E 3 E 5 E 6 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1000 1800 1800 3600 5300 5300 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 5 E 5 E 5 E 7 E 9 E 9 DISPERSION INDX.2 11 11 30 39 39 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 30 30 LAL.............1 1 1 1 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 0200...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....2. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LVORI...............8. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........65 68 68 66 57 57 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE TEMP............89 83 79 76 74 72 RH..............57 70 83 89 94 98 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 6 S 5 S 3 S 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....4400 1600 1600 1000 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..E 10 SE 9 SE 9 S 7 S 5 S 5 LVORI...........8 8 8 8 8 8 DISPERSION INDX.41 6 6 3 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 10 10 LAL.............3 3 3 3 1 1 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 0800...THEN 3 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....48. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...PETERSON REQUESTED BY...PETER MYERS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110707.IMPAS.01/JAX