FNUS72 KJAX 211738 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR JUNIPER WILDERNESS 34...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 138 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1326 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL PROVIDE A MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE 5 TO 10 MPH...BUT MAY BE STRONG AND GUSTY NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. LAL.................2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....24. TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........68 58 63 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............90 90 89 RH..............59 56 61 20 FT WIND......SE 7 SE 8 E 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....4500 4500 3800 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 8 SE 8 E 10 LAL.............3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2 UNTIL 0200...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....2. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........63 68 68 68 69 69 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM FOG FOG TEMP............87 81 79 77 76 75 RH..............61 74 82 87 90 94 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 7 E 6 E 5 E 2 NE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3800 1600 1600 900 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..E 10 E 12 E 12 E 7 E 3 E 3 LAL.............3 2 2 2 1 1 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAL.................1 UNTIL 0800...THEN 3 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....37. $$ FORECASTER...ZIBURA REQUESTED BY...MIKE WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110921.JUNIP.01/JAX