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SPOT FORECAST FOR US 17   SR 40...FHP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
733 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2000 EST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL NOSE ACROSS CENTRAL
FLORIDA OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN MUCH LOWER WINDS THAN OCCURRED
TODAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME VERY LIGHT
OVERNIGHT...LESS THAN 5 MPH TO NEAR CALM. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL
ALSO DECREASE TO AROUND 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DESPITE THE LIGHTER
WINDS...LVORI READINGS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GET ANY HIGHER THAN 3
OVERNIGHT SINCE THE AIR MASS IS SO DRY.

A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH
AGAIN ON MONDAY. WEST-NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
10-15 MPH...WEST-NORTHWEST TRANSPORT WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900-5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-400 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EST)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............52  50  48  46  45  43  43  42  42  42  42  42
RH..............41  46  51  55  60  65  65  70  70  70  70  70
20 FT WIND DIR..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW
20 FT WIND SPD..7   6   5   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT WIND GUST.10              5   5

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST AROUND
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....74.

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FORECASTER...GLITTO
REQUESTED BY...SGT  J L  CROSBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120304.US17S.01/MLB