FNUS72 KMLB 040952 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR BILLS HILL...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 552 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0535 EDT ON AUGUST 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...INCREASING MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES OVER THE REGION. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP INITIALLY OVER THE WATERS THIS MORNING AND MOVE ONSHORE INTO THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WHERE CONVECTION IS MORE PERSISTENT. LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS EARLY IN THE MORNING WILL WILL INCREASE UP TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. LAL.................2 UNTIL 0800...THEN 3 UNTIL 1100...THEN 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 18 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....50. LVORI...............0. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............75 75 78 80 82 85 85 86 87 88 86 85 RH..............94 94 88 79 74 67 65 63 59 57 61 61 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 6 9 12 13 14 15 15 15 15 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. LAL.................3. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600-1100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 16 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....13. LVORI...............4. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 1100...THEN 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400-3700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....46. LVORI...............0. $$ FORECASTER...WEITLICH REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120804.BILLS.01/MLB