FNUS72 KJAX 250831
FWSJAX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FASNACHT...OSCEOLA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
431 AM EDT THU OCT 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON OCTOBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HURRICANE SANDY WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE BAHAMAS TODAY AND THIS WILL
INCREASE NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. OTHERWISE PARTLY
CLOUDY AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
REMAINING ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO
                    16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200-3100 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 23
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 57.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........32     36     35     36     38     38
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............63     62     71     80     83     83
RH..............100    100    87     69     61     58
20 FT WIND......NE 5   N 6    NE 12  NE 15  NE 15  NE 16
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     20     25     25
MIX HGT (FT)....100    100    800    2200   2900   3100
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 5   N 6    NE 14  NE 18  NE 20  NE 22

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 14 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 7
                    TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....49 DECREASING TO 6.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........37     37     33     33     35     34
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............79     73     70     68     67     66
RH..............63     79     89     95     100    100
20 FT WIND......NE 14  NE 9   NE 8   NE 7   N 7    N 8
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....2600   1400   700    400    100    100
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 22  NE 16  NE 12  NE 8   N 7    N 8

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 18 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3600 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 9 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 30 TO
                    31 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....11 INCREASING TO 81.

$$
FORECASTER...HESS
REQUESTED BY...MARLENE BULLARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121025.FASNA.01/JAX