FNUS72 KKEY 172151 FWSKEY SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE HOLE FIRE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 551 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE KEYS OVERNIGHT... INCREASING AVAILABLE MOISTURE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND RAIN CHANCES. THUNDERSTORM AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CHANCES WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 3. DISPERSION INDEX....49 DECREASING TO 12 EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 9 TO 17 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY.............PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PRECIP (%)..30 30 50 50 50 50 50 TEMP (F)........87 85 84 83 83 83 82 RH (%)..........59 65 70 74 70 70 72 20 FT WIND......E 10 E 10 E 9 E 8 E 6 E 6 NE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 12 11 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 8 E 8 E 7 E 6 E 5 E 5 NE 5 EYE LVL WND GST.11 11 10 9 8 8 8 MIX HGT (FT)....4500 4500 700 700 700 700 700 TRANSPORT WIND..E 9 E 9 E 9 E 12 E 12 NE 15 NE 17 DISPERSION......49 49 8 10 10 13 15 LAL.............2 2 3 3 3 3 3 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. LAL.................3. DISPERSION INDEX....15 INCREASING TO 49 EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-4500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 16 TO 18 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PRECIP (%)..50 60 60 60 60 60 TEMP (F)........82 82 85 86 86 86 RH (%)..........74 74 67 65 65 65 20 FT WIND......NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 E 5 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 E 5 E 5 EYE LVL WND GST.15 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....700 4000 4000 4500 4500 4500 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 17 NE 18 NE 18 E 17 E 16 E 16 DISPERSION......15 51 51 50 47 47 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BWC REQUESTED BY...DANA COHEN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110917.BLUEH.01/KEY