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SPOT FORECAST FOR JUST CHECKING...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
743 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0705 EST ON MARCH 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
SORRY ABOUT THAT. HERE IS THE NEW SPOT FORECAST WHICH SHOWS
TOMORROW'S FORECAST (WEDNESDAY). THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE
OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES AS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE CARIBBEAN.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30S TO AROUND 35 PERCENT
NEAR OR AT THE BURN SITE WITH 20 FOOT WINDS CLOSE OR EVEN ABOVE 15 MPH.
THIS IS WHAT LEAD TO THE RED FLAG WARNING.

DISPERSION NEARS 75 OR HIGHER AND WITH THE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND
THE DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRE COULD HAVE CONTROL PROBLEMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 17 TO 18 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4000 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO EAST 23 TO
                    29 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 33 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 56 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 77 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 65.
LVORI...............1.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.

TIME (EST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........9      14     19     20     20     20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58     70     78     82     84     80
RH..............74     50     40     32     34     42
20 FT WIND......NE 10  NE 13  NE 13  E 14   E 14   E 14
20 FT WIND GUST.20     30     30     30     30     30
MIX HGT (FT)....1900   3000   3000   4000   4000   3500
MIXNG WIND......NE 18  NE 23  NE 23  E 29   E 29   E 25
DISPERSION IDX..33     56     56     77     77     65
LVORI...........1      1      1      1      1      4
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 97 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 16 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 14
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....65 DECREASING TO 17.
LVORI...............4.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 42 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 22
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....12 INCREASING TO 66.
LVORI...............4.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...GREGORIA
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN TURNBO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120306.JUSTC.01/MFL