FNUS72 KTAE 010744
FWSTAE

SPOT FORECAST FOR BURN UNIT 216...U S F S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
244 AM EST FRI MAR 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON MARCH 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT (850)942-8835.

.DISCUSSION...
COOLER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY ARRIVE FROM THE NORTHWEST
TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. WHILE THE AIR MASS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
BE DRY...THE MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD NOT BE LOW
ENOUGH TO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. WINDS
WILL BE GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND BREEZY AT TIMES DURING
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND SATURDAY. VERY HIGH
DISPERSIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5700 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSION....LVORI OF 1. MAX DISPERSION AROUND 90.

TIME (EST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........58     58     55     55
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............49     54     57     58
RH..............49     39     34     31
20 FT WIND......NW 6   NW 7   NW 7   NW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12     14     16     14

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL BY THE
                    LATE EVENING HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSION....MAXIMUM LVORI OF 3 AFTER 2200. MIN DISPERSION
                    AROUND 10.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........55     55     58     58     60     57
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............54     50     46     44     41     39
RH..............37     47     58     62     64     66
20 FT WIND......NW 6   NW 5   NW 5   NW 4   NW 4   NW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.12     10     9      8      8      7

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5900 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSION....LVORI OF 1. MAX DISPERSION AROUND 62.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........57     53     63     63     73     72
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............37     40     46     50     52     52
RH..............70     62     50     41     37     37
20 FT WIND......W 4    W 5    W 8    W 10   W 11   W 10
20 FT WIND GUST.7      7      12     15     20     20

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FORECASTER...RON BLOCK
REQUESTED BY...MARY OWEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130301.BURNU.02/TAE