FNUS72 KJAX 221218 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE BRYANT 14...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 818 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0805 EDT ON MARCH 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 15 MPH TODAY AND FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND FRIDAY...MORE NUMEROUS OVER INLAND AREAS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE PRECEDED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN ON SUNDAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2 UNTIL 1600...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....30. CHANCE OF PCPN......20-30 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........32 50 60 57 59 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............65 75 81 84 84 RH..............96 75 57 48 49 20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 9 SE 13 SE 14 SE 13 20 FT WIND GUST. 15 20 20 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 2400 3600 4000 4000 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 6 SE 12 SE 13 SE 12 E 10 DISPERSION INDX.8 32 30 32 29 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 30 LAL.............1 1 1 2 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2 UNTIL 0200...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1500 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....4. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LVORI...............9. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........60 65 66 60 60 58 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE TEMP............82 75 71 69 67 65 RH..............52 66 76 83 90 94 20 FT WIND......SE 9 E 6 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3600 2300 1500 1000 600 400 TRANSPORT WIND..E 9 SE 9 SE 12 SE 13 SE 9 SE 5 LVORI...........9 9 9 9 9 9 DISPERSION INDX.24 6 8 8 6 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 10 10 LAL.............3 2 2 2 1 1 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 1 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....34. CHANCE OF PCPN......20-30 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...SHASHY REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120322.LAKEB.01/JAX