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SPOT FORECAST FOR COOT BAY...EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
837 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE BEFORE BECOMING SOUTH
SOUTHEASTERLY AT THE BURN SITE LATER THIS MORNING. THERE MAY
ALSO BE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA THIS MORNING,
HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON.
GENERAL DISPERSION VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE GENERALLY GOOD
CATEGORY AT THE BURN SITE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 57 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 1 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....14 INCREASING TO 48.
LVORI...............2.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.

TIME (EDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
SKY (%).........31     40     40     40     30     30
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
TSTM COV........SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD S CHC
TEMP............91     91     89     85     82     80
RH..............57     57     59     67     76     81
20 FT WIND......SE 4   SE 5   SE 5   SE 5   SE 3   SE 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....2900   4500   4500   4500   2900   1800
MIXNG WIND......SE 7   SE 9   SE 7   SE 7   SE 5   SE 2
DISPERSION IDX..39     52     43     43     27     10
LVORI...........2      1      2      2      3      5
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30     20     20
LAL.............3      3      3      3      2      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 77.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 86 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....27 DECREASING TO 6 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............5.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 61 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....12 INCREASING TO 42.
LVORI...............3.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...CARACOZZA
REQUESTED BY...MATT OTT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120731.COOTB.01/MFL