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SPOT FORECAST FOR VOLUSIA UNITS...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
518 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1715 EDT ON JUNE 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SLACKEN THIS EVENING
BUT WE DO NOT EXPECT THE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER TO FULLY DECOUPLE
GIVEN THE TIGHTENING EASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT. THUS WIND SPEEDS ARE
FORECAST TO STAY IN THE 7 TO 10 MPH RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BEFORE
INCREASING AGAIN FROM EARLY TO MID WEDNESDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT WIND
SPEEDS IN THIS RANGE...MINIMUM RH VALUES IN THE MIDDLE 80S...AND A MAX
LVORI OF 4-5 NEAR THE BURN AREA ALL POINT TO NO DEVELOPMENT OF FOG OR
SETTLING OF SMOKE THROUGH SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 15 GUSTING TO 22 MPH...DECREASING
                    TO 10 TO 12 MPH GUSTING TO 17 MPH AFTER SUNSET
                    AND THEN 7 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800-1100 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 21 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....6.
LVORI...............4 TO 5.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............85  82  80  78  77  75  74  74  73  73  72  71
RH..............51  55  58  64  67  74  76  76  76  79  81  87
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..15  14  12  11  10  9   8   8   7   7   7   7
20 FT WIND GUST.22  20  17  16  15  14  11  11  10  10  10  10

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 16
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 13 TO 22 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....61.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...CRISTALDI
REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120619.VOLUS.02/MLB