FNUS72 KMFL 011202 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE ISLAND...EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 802 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY WITH A LIGHT EAST WIND FLOW AT THE FIRE SITE WITH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SHOWERS MAY MOVE WEST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY LATE IN THE MORNING. MOST CONVECTION WILL PUSH WEST OF THE FIRE SITE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DISPERSION WILL BE POOR TO FAIR FOR MOST OF THE DAY BUT BECOMING BRIEFLY GENERALLY GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON FOR A FEW HOURS WHEN THE STRONGEST EAST WIND FLOW WILL OCCUR. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 90. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 60 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 7 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. LAL.................2 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 7 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 14 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 19 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 34 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 49 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 37. LVORI...............4. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM SKY (%).........70 70 70 70 70 60 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD S CHC TEMP............83 88 89 85 83 82 RH..............77 63 61 70 74 77 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 5 E 6 E 6 E 6 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 5 E 5 E 6 E 6 E 6 E 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 10 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....3500 3500 4500 3800 3800 2400 MIXNG WIND......E 10 E 10 E 14 E 12 E 12 E 9 DISPERSION IDX..34 34 49 37 37 25 LVORI...........4 4 4 4 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 20 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 73. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....37 DECREASING TO 2. LVORI...............10. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 17 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 31 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 46 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 35. LVORI...............6. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...BRABANDER REQUESTED BY...JACK WEER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110901.PINEI.02/MFL