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SPOT FORECAST FOR WATSON HAMMOCK FIRE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
612 PM EDT FRI SEP 16 2011

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH
ONLY A REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF A STRAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES OF 40 TO 45 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RECOVER
TO 60 TO 65 PERCENT BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL FALL ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST TO EAST EYE LEVEL WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIND SPEEDS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES...AND RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST TO EAST 7 TO 9 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST TO EAST 7 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
DISPERSION INDEX....55 DECREASING TO 6 EARLY TONIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-4700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 13 MPH.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MSUNNY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
CHC PRECIP (%)..10     20     20     20     20     20
TEMP (F)........88     86     85     85     85     84
RH (%)..........40     45     48     50     51     55
20 FT WIND......NE 8   E 7    E 7    E 7    E 7    E 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      15     15     15     15     15
EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 8   E 7    E 7    E 7    E 7    E 7
EYE LVL WND GST.5      15     15     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....4700   2800   2800   2800   3100   3100
TRANSPORT WIND..E 9    E 10   E 10   E 13   E 13   E 13
DISPERSION......49     55     55     6      6      6
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST TO EAST 7 TO 9 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST TO EAST 7 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................2.
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 49.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 12 MPH.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MSUNNY MSUNNY MSUNNY MSUNNY MSUNNY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
CHC PRECIP (%)..20     20     20     20     20     20
TEMP (F)........84     84     87     88     88     88
RH (%)..........57     61     57     57     59     59
20 FT WIND......E 7    NE 7   NE 7   NE 7   NE 7   NE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15     15     15
EYE LEVEL WIND..E 7    NE 7   NE 7   NE 7   NE 7   NE 7
EYE LVL WND GST.15     15     15     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....3000   3200   3200   4000   4300   4300
TRANSPORT WIND..E 10   E 8    E 8    E 8    E 9    E 9
DISPERSION......5      4      4      43     49     49
LAL.............2      2      2      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...BS
REQUESTED BY...DANA COHEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110916.WATSO.02/KEY