FNUS72 KKEY 171145 FWSKEY SPOT FORECAST FOR WATSON HAMMOCK FIRE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 745 AM EDT SAT SEP 17 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0729 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY ONCE AGAIN RAPIDLY FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD BOTTOM OUT IN THE 45 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LIGHT MAINLY EASTERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH SURFACE WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO NEAR 10 MPH. NORTHEAST TO EASTERLY WINDS OF NEAR 10 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED BY THE PREDAWN HOURS ON SUNDAY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON SUNDAY REMAINING ABOVE 60 PERCENT UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........82 AT REQUEST...MAX 90. RH..................66 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 6 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1600...THEN 2. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 63 LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE 2100-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 15 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR CHC PRECIP (%)..20 20 20 20 20 20 TEMP (F)........84 84 87 90 90 88 RH (%)..........63 63 53 48 48 52 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 5 E 7 NE 7 NE 8 NE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 10 13 16 16 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 2 E 3 E 5 NE 5 NE 7 NE 7 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 8 10 12 12 MIX HGT (FT)....2100 3300 3300 4100 4500 4500 TRANSPORT WIND..E 12 E 10 E 10 E 12 E 13 E 13 DISPERSION......5 5 45 61 67 67 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 80. RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 3. DISPERSION INDEX....59 DECREASING TO 15. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100-4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 17 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PRECIP (%)..20 40 40 40 40 40 TEMP (F)........87 84 83 83 83 83 RH (%)..........55 63 67 70 70 70 20 FT WIND......NE 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 7 NE 6 E 7 E 7 E 7 E 7 EYE LVL WND GST.12 13 13 13 13 13 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 2100 2100 2100 2600 2600 TRANSPORT WIND..E 15 E 16 E 16 E 16 E 16 E 16 DISPERSION......59 45 45 14 14 14 LAL.............2 3 3 3 3 3 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 88. RH..................MIN 65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS NEAR 10 MPH. LAL.................3. DISPERSION INDEX....16 INCREASING TO 56 LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 17 TO 20 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 (%)..40 50 50 50 50 50 TEMP (F)........82 82 85 86 86 86 RH (%)..........74 74 67 65 65 65 20 FT WIND......NE 7 NE 6 NE 9 NE 9 NE 9 NE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 17 17 18 EYE LEVEL WIND..NE 5 NE 5 NE 7 NE 7 E 7 E 8 EYE LVL WND GST.12 12 14 15 15 16 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 1900 1900 3100 3400 3400 TRANSPORT WIND..E 17 NE 18 NE 18 E 18 E 20 E 20 DISPERSION......15 16 16 54 57 57 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...NELSON REQUESTED BY...DANA COHEN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110917.WATSO.01/KEY