FNUS72 KMLB 182337
FWSMLB

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMSON MARSH FIRE...FHP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
637 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1814 EST ON FEBRUARY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT AND
BECOME SOUTH-SOUTHWEST BY MORNING. A LOW STRATUS CLOUD DECK MAY MIX
WITH FOG AND SMOKE TO CAUSE A DENSE FOG-SMOKE MIX NEAR THE THOMPSON
MARSH FIRE DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS WOULD
CAUSE LOCALLY RESTRICTED VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH FROM THE WEST IN THE MORNING WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST TO
WEST WINDS BY LATE AFTERNOON. A THIN BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
LIGHTNING STORMS MAY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING
OR MID-DAY HOURS. AFTER THE THIN LINE OF SHOWERS MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST TO WEST UP TO 35 MPH MAY
CAUSE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY EXISTING HOT SPOTS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
ON SUNDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. AREAS OF FOG AND SMOKE
                    LIKELY AFTER AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SMOKE FOG MIX
                    MAY BECOME DENSE DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....13.
LVORI...............8.

TIME (EST)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                    PTY PTY PTY ARE ARE ARE ARE
WEATHER TYPE....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
TEMP............72  71  70  68  68  67  66  66  65  65  66  66
RH..............79  81  84  90  90  93  97  97  100 100 97  97
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   8
20 FT WIND GUST.

PTY = PATCHY
ARE = AREAS OF

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. FOG AND SMOKE EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING...POSSIBLY DENSE IN SPOTS. CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    MID AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 17 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30
                    TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0700...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 29
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....67.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...VOLKMER
REQUESTED BY...LT  ROBERT L  ASBILL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120218.THOMS.03/MLB