FNUS72 KJAX 022215 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPKINS PRAIRIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 515 PM EST SAT MAR 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1659 EST ON MARCH 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION... RED FLAG WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM TODAY DUE TO WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND 6 TO 7 PM...GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A STEADY WEST TO SLIGHT NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 8-12 MPH WILL CONTINUE MOST OF TONIGHT OVER EASTERN MARION COUNTY. A SLIGHT SHIFT TO TRANSPORT WINDS TO NORTHWEST WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 PM TO 12 PM TONIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT. IT WILL NOT BE AS WINDY AS TODAY BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY BUT WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER AND FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED ON MONDAY. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS... NO FOG EXPECTED TONIGHT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33. MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....31 DECREASING TO 8. LVORI...............2. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........1 15 23 23 20 15 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 46 43 41 39 38 RH..............33 50 57 63 67 69 20 FT WIND......W 15 W 10 W 9 NW 8 NW 8 NW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.25 17 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1800 900 700 500 500 500 TRANSPORT WIND..W 17 W 13 W 12 NW 9 NW 9 NW 12 LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 DISPERSION INDX.31 13 11 7 7 9 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 14 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING INCREASING TO 44 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 61 IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LVORI...............2. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........10 10 12 12 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 36 47 54 57 57 RH..............70 65 43 31 27 27 20 FT WIND......NW 7 NW 10 NW 15 W 15 W 16 W 17 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 25 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....700 1300 2600 3900 4500 4500 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 10 NW 13 NW 17 NW 21 W 20 W 15 LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 DISPERSION INDX.6 10 39 57 58 45 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...SHASHY REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTION TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130302.HOPKI.01/JAX