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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUSKHEAD...USDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
236 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1455 EST ON JANUARY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HUMIDITIY VALUES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO WEDNESDAY...AS MOISTURE
ADVECTS IN AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT SHOULD
REACH THE GA/FL BORDER AROUND 10 AM WEDNESDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT FOR TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN FROM THE NORTHWEST FOLLOWING
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND PICK UP IN SPEED. NOTICEABLY DRIER AIR
WILL ADVECT IN FOR THURSDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK TOWARD
THE REGION.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....6.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........39     62     70     78     84     89
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............67     61     58     56     55     53
RH..............58     75     83     87     91     95
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 5    SW 6   S 6    SW 6   SW 7
20 FT WIND GUST.
MIX HGT (FT)....1500   1100   1000   900    900    1000
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 16  SW 14  SW 10  S 8    S 8    S 13
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0900...THEN 3 UNTIL 1700...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1100-2500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....32.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........94     93     87     80     71     58
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............52     52     57     61     62     62
RH..............100    100    97     77     67     61
20 FT WIND......SW 6   SW 6   W 6    NW 8   NW 9   N 9
20 FT WIND GUST.                     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1200   1500   1900   2400   2500   2100
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 17  SW 20  W 20   W 20   NW 18  NW 16
LAL.............1      1      3      3      3      3

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FORECASTER...STRUBLE
REQUESTED BY...MARLENE BULLARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120117.BUSKH.01/JAX