FNUS72 KMLB 012246
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SPOT FORECAST FOR SR 9   SR 50...FHP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
546 PM EST WED FEB 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1716 EST ON FEBRUARY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOCAL ATMOSPHERE IN THE BURN AREA WILL DECOUPLE
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH A TEMPERATURE INVERSION DEVELOPING AND
STRENGTHENING THROUGH SUNRISE THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT
WEST TO SOUTHWEST UNDER THE INVERSION WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES APPROACHING 100 PERCENT AND A LVORI OF 9 EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 AM.

BECAUSE THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE EJECTED FROM THIS AREA
EARLIER TODAY...THERE IS LIKELY TO BE MANY LARGER SIZE SMOLDERING
HOT SPOTS WITH A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR SMOKE SETTLING IN THIS AREA
AND IMMEDIATELY DOWNWIND (TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST). HIGHWAY 50
BETWEEN THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER AND INTERSTATE 95...AND INTERSTATE
95 NEAR THE S.R. 50 EXIT (MM 215) WILL HAVE A HIGH RISK OF SMOKE
SETTLING AND COMBINING WITH FOG LATE TONIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 2 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............9.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                                    PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....                                    FOG FOG FOG
TEMP............67  64  63  63  62  61  61  60  59  58  57  56
RH..............73  81  84  87  90  90  90  90  93  96  100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6   5   3   3   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT WIND GUST.        5   5   5

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO
                    7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....9.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...CRISTALDI
REQUESTED BY...SGT  J L CROSBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120201.SR9SR.01/MLB