FNUS72 KJAX 081044
FWSJAX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HONEY PRAIRIE...FFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
644 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0800 EDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY...AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA AND
THIS WILL PREVENT THE ATLANTIC COAST SEA BREEZE FRONT FROM PUSHING INLAND.
HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES UP TO
110 DEGREES AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND TO KICK OFF SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SURFACE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST
TO SOUTHWEST AT 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH EVEN
STRONGER GUSTY WINDS IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....46.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........63     63     71     73     73
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............79     88     94     96     95
RH..............88     68     57     51     53
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 9    W 12   W 10   W 13
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....1700   1700   4000   3600   3600
TRANSPORT WIND..W 9    W 9    W 15   W 13   W 13
LAL.............2      2      3      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2000...THEN 3 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....5.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........73     70     70     40     39     39
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............91     86     82     81     79     78
RH..............59     70     78     82     86     90
20 FT WIND......W 12   SW 8   SW 6   SW 6   SW 6   W 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....2700   1700   1700   400    400    400
TRANSPORT WIND..W 14   SW 10  SW 10  SW 8   W 8    W 8
LAL.............4      3      3      1      1      1

$$
FORECASTER...HESS
REQUESTED BY...KEITH MOUSEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110808.HONEY.01/JAX