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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPSP 18...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
754 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
WILL INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT AND INLAND PROPAGATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA
BREEZE...BUT THE VICINITY OF THE BURN SITE TO THE COAST MAY ALLOW
FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS BOUNDARY
INTERACTIONS OCCUR DUE TO THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE WEST COAST
SEA BREEZE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER 40
PERCENT RANGE...KEEPING A MODERATE FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THE
FORECAST AS CONDITIONS REMAIN RELATIVELY DRY. DISPERSION INDICES
WILL DROP OFF TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET AND MAY COMBINE WITH PATCHY FOG
BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO LIMIT VISIBILITIES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH AT 12 TO 16 MPH BY
                    EARLY AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....49.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....                SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....                TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............77  81  83  84  86  86  86  86  86  84  81  79
RH..............76  62  53  51  49  46  48  48  51  58  62  64
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..6   8   10  12  14  16  17  17  17  17  15  13
20 FT WIND GUST.    10  10  15  20  25  25  25  25  25  20  15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-400 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....4.
LVORI...............6.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....49.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...GUSEMAN
REQUESTED BY...DYLAN GAVAGNI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120404.SPSP1.01/MLB