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SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 292 ALTOONA...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1139 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1145 EDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVER THE INTERIOR WILL BE
DOMINATED BY LAKE BREEZE CIRCULATIONS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH A LIGHT SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPING IN THE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS
THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE PUSHES INTO THE INTERIOR. THE THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WILL BE HIGHEST BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES HAVE BEEN RAISED TO 40 PERCENT FROM 30 PERCENT WITH THE
MID MORNING UPDATED FORECAST.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
                    EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT NORTH WIND BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH.
                    VARIABLE WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS
                    BY THE VERY LATE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO EARLY
                    EVENING. THUNDERSTORM GUSTS COULD BE ABOVE 35
                    MPH WITH STRONGER STORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700-5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....33.
LVORI...............0.

TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....        CHC CHC SCT SCT SCT SCT CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....        TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............88  90  92  92  93  92  89  86  84  82  81  79
RH..............59  54  49  47  46  47  52  59  65  69  74  79
20 FT WIND DIR..N   N   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5   5   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   6   6   5
20 FT WIND GUST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-1000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
LVORI...............8.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-5000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....47.
LVORI...............0.

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FORECASTER...VOLKMER
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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