FNUS72 KJAX 032033 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPKINS PRAIRIE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 333 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1522 EST ON MARCH 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 15 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE NEAR 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO OUR REGION OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN CLEARING SKIES AND GRADUALLY DECREASING WINDS THIS EVENING. NEARLY CALM WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS ON MONDAY. LOWS BY MONDAY MORNING AROUND 26 TO 30 DEGREES. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY...BUT LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND SO NO RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST ON MONDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY APPROACH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS... A HARD FREEZE AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY FROST IS EXPECTED INLAND ON MONDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...MORNING FOG FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST LATE IN THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-900 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....56 DECREASING TO 7. LVORI...............4. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........23 8 4 3 3 3 WEATHER COV..... WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST TEMP............48 43 36 34 32 30 RH..............40 55 75 83 87 90 20 FT WIND......WNW 10 W 9 W 7 W 6 W 5 NW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 2000 1400 900 700 500 TRANSPORT WIND..W 18 W 16 W 13 W 12 W 12 NW 12 LVORI...........1 1 3 4 5 6 DISPERSION INDX.59 40 24 7 6 6 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 66 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 52 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DECREASING TO ABOUT 32 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............4. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........2 1 1 1 2 2 WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD WEATHER TYPE....FROST NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............29 33 49 59 64 64 RH..............89 72 37 26 22 21 20 FT WIND......NW 3 NW 3 NW 5 NW 5 NW 5 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....600 1500 3300 3700 3700 3400 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 10 NW 13 N 16 NW 14 NW 10 NW 8 LVORI...........6 3 1 1 1 1 DISPERSION INDX.6 7 68 64 48 32 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ FORECASTER...SHASHY REQUESTED BY...MIKE WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130303.HOPKI.03/JAX