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SPOT FORECAST FOR WAH FIRE...FHP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1136 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2301 EDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ABSENT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY AND LIGHT.
LATE OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THERE MAY BE PERIODS
WHERE LIGHT WINDS BECOME VARIABLE OR EVEN CALM AT TIMES.

A SHALLOW SURFACE BASED INVERSION OVERNIGHT WILL TRAP MOISTURE AND
SMOKE NEAR THE SURFACE. WHILE SIGNIFICANT FOG DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND LIGHT WINDS
WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES IN PROXIMITY TO AREAS OF SMOKE. LVORI
INDEX READINGS WILL BE AROUND 9.

SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS WILL AGAIN OCCUR LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE
BURN AREA. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL RESULT AND PERSIST INTO THE
EARLY EVENING. STEERING FLOW WILL BE WEAK/CHAOTIC DUE TO LIGHT WINDS
ALOFT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY STRONG STORM.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHERLY COMPONENT OF WINDS OF LESS THAN
                    5 MPH. WINDS MAY BECOME VARIABLE OR EVEN CALM
                    LATE OVERNIGHT AND TOWARDS MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 100-200 FT AGL LATE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 7 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
LVORI...............9.

TIME (EDT)      11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............79  78  77  76  76  75  76  76  77  80  84  87
RH..............79  82  85  85  87  87  87  87  87  87  79  68
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3   3   2   2   2   1   1   2   2   3   5   6
20 FT WIND GUST.5   5                               5

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-5000 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....29.

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FORECASTER...SEDLOCK
REQUESTED BY...LT  ROBERT L  ASBILL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120706.WAHFI.02/MLB