FNUS72 KJAX 090111 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR BALDWIN BAY 2...FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 911 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2106 EDT ON MAY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH A HIGHER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY... SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED WITH LOWER RAIN CHANCES. RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE 15 MPH OR LESS...EXCEPT STRONG AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 0 TO 3 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....2. LVORI...............8. TIME (EDT) 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........72 71 53 54 57 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM NONE FOG FOG TEMP............72 68 66 65 64 RH..............88 96 100 100 100 20 FT WIND......NE 3 N 1 W 1 W 1 W 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 MIX HGT (FT)....1200 500 200 100 100 TRANSPORT WIND..N 3 N 3 W 2 W 1 W 1 LVORI...........6 8 10 10 10 LAL.............3 3 1 1 1 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1600...THEN 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2100-3900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 1 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 39 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 33 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 53. LVORI...............6. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........57 52 54 64 73 75 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY S CHC CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 65 76 84 85 86 RH..............100 100 69 53 50 51 20 FT WIND......W 2 W 3 W 5 W 7 W 8 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 10 10 15 MIX HGT (FT)....100 100 2100 3600 3900 3900 TRANSPORT WIND..W 1 W 3 W 7 W 9 W 12 W 14 LVORI...........10 9 3 1 1 1 LAL.............1 1 1 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...TRABERT REQUESTED BY...SGT J H JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120508.BALDW.02/JAX