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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPKINS PRAIRE...MARION COUNTY FIRE RESCUE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1008 PM EST SAT MAR 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2145 EST ON MARCH 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WEAK THE REST OF TONIGHT FROM THE
NORTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO
THE MID 30S AND PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR 25-30 SUNDAY MORNING.

DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS. IT WILL
NOT BE AS WINDY AS IT WAS ON SATURDAY BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL ON SUNDAY WITH WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
AND GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. 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 THROUGH SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). PATCHY
                    FROST POSSIBLE LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 17 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 22 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....36.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EST)      4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........55     42     15     12     12     15     15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............36     35     37     47     54     56     56
RH..............65     66     63     43     32     28     28
20 FT WIND......NW 8   NW 8   NW 12  NW 16  W 16   W 17   W 17
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     20     25     25     20
MIX HGT (FT)....600    600    1300   2600   3800   4500   4500
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 12  NW 10  NW 13  NW 17  W 21   W 20   W 15
LVORI...........3      3      3      1      1      1      1
DISPERSION INDX.9      6      9      39     57     58     45
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1      1

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST LATE IN
                    THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....36 DECREASING TO 10.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........8      8      5      2      2      2
WEATHER COV.....                                   AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FROST
TEMP............51     43     40     37     36     34
RH..............38     54     64     69     72     74
20 FT WIND......W 13   W 10   W 9    W 8    W 7    NW 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....2100   800    700    500    400    400
TRANSPORT WIND..W 14   W 13   W 13   W 9    W 8    NW 12
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      3      4
DISPERSION INDX.36     11     11     7      6      7
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

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FORECASTER...SHASHY
REQUESTED BY...LIAM LIVINGSTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130302.HOPKI.02/JAX