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SPOT FORECAST FOR MATTHEW RANCH FIRE...FHP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
222 AM EDT THU MAY 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0200 EDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL END AROUND 3 AM. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFT TO THE WEST
BY SUNRISE THEN NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY. WINDS LOOK TO BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO KEEP THE LOWEST LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MIXED TO
PREVENT FOG FORMATION. HOWEVER...BLOWING SMOKE WILL BE THE MAIN
PROBLEM DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 95 THE FIRE IS
LOCATED ON.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....23.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RW  RW
TEMP............73  72  71  70  70  69  72  74  77  79  80  80
RH..............87  90  93  97  90  87  79  76  67  62  60  60
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N
20 FT WIND SPD..5   6   6   6   6   9   10  10  10  12  12  13
20 FT WIND GUST.                    10  15  15  15  15  15  15

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....47.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...WIMMER
REQUESTED BY...SGT CAULK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120510.MATTH.01/MLB