FNUS72 KJAX 041228
FWSJAX

SPOT FORECAST FOR JSF...FFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
828 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 EDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA
TODAY. TROUGHING APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 20 MPH. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS
EASTERN MARION...SOUTHERN PUTNAM AND WESTERN FLAGLER COUNTIES TODAY
AND A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SPRINKLES EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 13 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........
DISPERSION INDEX....36.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........78     55     54     58     63
WEATHER COV.....S CHC                S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............67     77     83     85     85
RH..............99     71     55     46     45
20 FT WIND......W 5    W 9    W 12   W 13   W 13
20 FT WIND GUST.       15     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....1000   2700   3900   4500   4500
TRANSPORT WIND..M      M      M      M      M
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     10     10     20     20
LAL.............1      2      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1800 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....7.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........62     60     64     66     66     68
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............83     78     74     71     70     68
RH..............49     62     72     79     84     89
20 FT WIND......W 10   W 8    SW 6   SW 6   SW 7   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4000   2700   1800   1400   1000   700
TRANSPORT WIND..W 15   W 17   W 17   W 16   W 13   SW 8
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     20     10     10     10     10
LAL.............3      2      1      1      1      1

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3700 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 13 TO
                    16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....43.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...WOLF
REQUESTED BY...TIM STILTNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120404.JSF__.01/JAX