FNUS72 KMLB 240016 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR NO GO FIRE...BREVARD COUNTY EM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 716 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1851 EST ON FEBRUARY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...STRONG SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS WILL KEEP THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MIXED THEREFORE REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG TO FORM AND MIXING WITH THE SMOKE TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY DOWN WIND OF THE FIRE AND ON INTERSTATE 95. WILL CLOSELY MONITOR FOR WIND SPEED CHANGES OVERNIGHT AND UPDATE THE FORECAST IMMEDIATELY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1100 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 22 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....8. LVORI...............6. 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 PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG TEMP............76 74 72 71 69 68 67 66 66 65 65 64 RH..............76 80 81 86 87 89 91 91 95 96 98 98 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4500 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....74. LVORI...............0. $$ FORECASTER...WIMMER REQUESTED BY...JOHN SCOTT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120223.NOGOF.01/MLB