FNUS72 KJAX 050212 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPKINS PRAIRIE...FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 912 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2055 EST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LITTLE RELIEF TO THE DRY WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. OTHERWISE...THE FORECAST IS DRY THIS WEEK. WINDS COULD BECOME AN ISSUE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT...THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND IT. CRITICAL RH VALUES MAY BE MET OVER PORTIONS OF MARION COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND OVER INLAND PORTIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY BUT THERE IS ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY TO PRECLUDE WARNINGS AT THIS POINT. DISPERSION VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 75 ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...LITTLE TO NO FOG EXPECTED TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. LVORI VALUES WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 8 LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SEE TABLE BELOW FOR 2 HOURLY FORECASTS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38. MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-700 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 0 TO 7 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 16 IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE EVENING. LVORI...............5. TIME (EST) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........2 4 6 8 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 48 44 41 39 RH..............52 77 93 96 97 20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 2 S 2 S 0 S 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 1300 600 300 200 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 7 SE 7 S 3 S 1 S 1 LVORI...........2 5 7 8 8 DISPERSION INDX.17 15 3 2 2 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300-5200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 1 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 16 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 86. LVORI...............5. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........8 10 12 15 18 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............38 43 61 72 77 77 RH..............98 88 38 30 31 31 20 FT WIND......S 1 S 5 S 9 SW 13 SW 14 SW 14 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 21 22 22 MIX HGT (FT)....200 1200 3000 4400 5100 5200 TRANSPORT WIND..S 1 S 9 SW 20 SW 20 SW 20 SW 21 LVORI...........8 5 1 1 1 1 DISPERSION INDX.2 6 64 77 79 87 $$ FORECASTER...SHASHY REQUESTED BY...CPT G S LAMONT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130304.HOPKI.01/JAX