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SPOT FORECAST FOR 40 FIRE  DAYTONA BEACH...FHP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
507 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1655 EST ON JANUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE AREA
AND WILL ONCE AGAIN ALLOW FOR LIGHT WINDS AND GREATER CHANCES FOR
FOG FORMATION OVER THE BURN SITE TONIGHT. HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS
SHOULD REMAIN THIN ENOUGH FOR DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING OVERNIGHT
WITH FOG LIKELY FORMING AROUND MIDNIGHT AND INCREASING IN
COVERAGE TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THIS FOG CAN MIX WITH ANY
LINGERING SMOKE FROM THE SMOLDERING FIRE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. FOG WILL
THEN BURNOFF INTO TOMORROW MORNING AS DAYTIME HEATING AND MIXING
INCREASES.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG MIXED WITH SMOKE
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY BECOMING
                    CALM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700-2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............9.

TIME (EST)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                PTY PTY ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE....                FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
TEMP............67  66  65  64  62  60  60  60  59  59  58  59
RH..............78  81  90  90  93  96  96  96  96  96  100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT WIND GUST.
LVORI...........6   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG MIXED WITH SMOKE
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 7 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....20.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...WEITLICH
REQUESTED BY...SGT  J L CROSBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120123.40FIR.01/MLB