FNUS72 KJAX 091805
FWSJAX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COUNTY LINE...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
205 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1348 EDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH NORTH FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AS DRIER AIR
FILTERS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL WELL
BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ON TUESDAY. WITH ERC VALUES INCREASING...A
RED FLAG EVENT IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY. IF NOT...A FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT WILL LIKELY BE ISSUES EARLY IN THE MORNING.

A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM RH
VALUES WILL LIKELY BE NEAR 30 PERCENT OR LOWER EACH AFTERNOON THIS WEEK.

WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 MPH THROUGH TUESDAY...AND NORTHWESTERLY
NEAR 15 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600-6100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 6 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....31.

TIME (EDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........22     23     24
WEATHER COV.....AREAS  AREAS  AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....SMOKE  SMOKE  SMOKE
TEMP............82     84     83
RH..............41     37     38
20 FT WIND......W 7    W 7    W 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....6000   6100   5800
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 6   W 5    W 5
LAL.............1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 1 TO 7 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
LVORI...............10.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........24     27     21     16     11     14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............81     73     66     62     59     57
RH..............38     52     66     76     86     93
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 5    W 3    W 2    W 2    NW 1
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....5300   3500   2200   1500   900    500
TRANSPORT WIND..W 5    W 6    W 7    W 7    W 6    NW 2
LVORI...........10     10     10     10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900-6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 0 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 13
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....60.

$$
FORECASTER...TRABERT
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120409.COUNT.02/JAX