FNUS72 KMLB 020937 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR WS17-18-19...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 437 AM EST WED JAN 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH MILD TO WARM SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IMPROVING RAIN CHANCES ARRIVE THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY INTO THURSDAY EVENING AS THE FRONT SETTLES OVER THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-4900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....42. TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............71 73 75 77 77 77 76 74 72 69 68 67 RH..............65 59 55 50 51 51 53 57 62 70 73 76 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 2 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....1. LVORI...............6. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 1 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....8. $$ FORECASTER...PENDERGRAST REQUESTED BY...JESSE SCHMIDT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130102.WS171.01/MLB