FNUS72 KMLB 090954 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR SPSP 15...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 554 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MAY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SOUHTWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM DEVELOPING TODAY. SOME EARLY AFTERNOON STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BREEZE...HOWEVER THE BURN AREA MAY WIND UP IN THE "CONVECTIVE SHADOW" (CLOUD AND PRECIP-FREE AREA DOWNWIND) OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE MUCH OF THE DAY. A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL EXIST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE PUSHES EASTWARD ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PENINSULA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 12 TO 13 MPH BY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 13 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....33. LVORI...............0. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT CHC WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............75 78 81 82 83 84 84 83 83 82 81 80 RH..............82 71 65 63 59 57 57 59 59 61 65 67 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.7 10 13 16 17 17 17 17 17 14 12 11 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 14 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....8. LVORI...............6. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86. MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 0800...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....46. LVORI...............0. $$ FORECASTER...CRISTALDI REQUESTED BY...DYLAN GAVAGNI TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120509.SPSP1.01/MLB