FNUS72 KKEY 191148 FWSKEY SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE HOLE FIRE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 748 AM EDT MON SEP 19 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS MORNING...GIVING WAY TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS WILL CONTINUE...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 70 PERCENT FALLING TO AROUND 60 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND TUESDAY. AWAY FROM SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS...EAST WINDS NEAR 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH EASTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS REMAINING IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. SPORADIC CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS THROUGH TUESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (40-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING ISOLATED. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. LAL.................2. DISPERSION INDEX....9 INCREASING TO 39 LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO AROUND 4400 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 13 TO 17 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 40 40 30 20 20 TEMP (F)........81 82 85 87 89 89 RH (%)..........74 72 66 62 61 58 20 FT WIND......E 5 E 5 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 12 12 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 4 E 4 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 1900 2200 3500 4400 4400 TRANSPORT WIND..E 14 E 14 E 14 E 15 E 15 E 15 DISPERSION......9 9 9 47 47 47 LAL.............3 3 3 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. LAL.................2 THEN 3 LATE. DISPERSION INDEX....43 DECREASING TO 15 LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 14 TO 17 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR CHC PRECIP (%)..40 40 40 40 40 40 TEMP (F)........86 83 82 82 82 82 RH (%)..........66 72 73 76 77 78 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 7 E 6 E 6 E 6 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3300 2000 2000 1500 1200 700 TRANSPORT WIND..E 14 E 16 E 16 E 17 E 17 E 17 DISPERSION......40 45 30 14 12 10 LAL.............2 3 3 3 3 3 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. LAL.................3. DISPERSION INDEX....14 INCREASING TO 50. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-4500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 17 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 40 40 40 40 40 TEMP (F)........81 82 85 87 89 88 RH (%)..........79 77 70 66 63 60 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 5 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 12 12 12 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 6 E 5 E 7 E 7 E 7 E 7 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 1900 2500 3300 4200 4500 TRANSPORT WIND..E 16 E 15 E 15 E 15 E 16 E 16 DISPERSION......14 10 10 44 50 50 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...APA REQUESTED BY...DANA COHEN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110919.BLUEH.01/KEY