FNUS72 KJAX 051440 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR HOPKINS PRAIRIE...FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 940 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0932 EST ON MARCH 05. 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY...WITH A WINDY AND MILD SOUTHWEST FLOW SETTING THE STAGE FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS...AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. ANOTHER COOL AND DRY AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON STRONG WEST WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AND ANOTHER ROUND OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALREADY POSTED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75 ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 14 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-5100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 26 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....INCREASING TO 82 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. TIME (EST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........17 18 22 27 31 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 71 76 76 74 RH..............62 39 28 27 41 20 FT WIND......S 8 SW 15 SW 16 SW 17 SW 16 20 FT WIND GUST.10 25 25 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 4600 5100 5100 4500 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 18 SW 21 SW 22 SW 24 SW 29 DISPERSION INDX.69 81 82 74 106 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 2300...THEN 2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-1600 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 21 TO 30 MPH BECOMING WEST 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....103 DECREASING TO 13. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. LVORI...............4. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........31 40 60 68 71 72 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............70 62 59 56 55 53 RH..............41 64 83 94 100 100 20 FT WIND......SW 15 SW 10 SW 12 SW 13 SW 13 W 12 20 FT WIND GUST.25 15 15 20 20 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3900 2300 1000 400 100 100 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 29 SW 26 SW 16 SW 13 SW 12 W 12 LVORI...........1 1 4 5 7 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 20 40 40 20 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 13 TO 21 MPH. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900-5100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 18 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 28 TO 36 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....INCREASING TO 109 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 86 IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...STRUBLE REQUESTED BY...CPT G S LAMONT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130305.HOPKI.01/JAX