FNUS72 KJAX 052313 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR MINING...FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 613 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1806 EST ON MARCH 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY FOR THIS EVENING...ALONG IT TONIGHT...AND BEHIND IT FOR WEDNESDAY. WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ENOUGH TO DAMPEN THE ENHANCED FIRE DANGER. LOW RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY... IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS. DISPERSION VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGH AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. WHILE A RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...HELPING TO LOWER THE FIRE DANGER. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...NO FOG IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PUSH DISPERSIONS WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. LAL.................1 IN THE EVENING...THEN 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........19 37 55 73 70 65 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............70 63 58 59 59 57 RH..............59 78 93 96 92 88 20 FT WIND......SW 10 SW 9 SW 10 SW 12 W 12 W 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 MIX HGT (FT)....4300 2300 700 400 600 700 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 26 SW 23 SW 15 SW 12 W 13 W 16 LVORI...........1 3 5 6 5 4 DISPERSION INDX.105 68 12 11 13 15 LAL.............1 1 1 2 2 2 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 14 TO 22 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........52 39 25 11 4 3 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 51 51 58 63 63 RH..............88 75 54 35 27 28 20 FT WIND......NW 14 NW 16 NW 18 NW 21 W 22 W 22 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 30 30 35 35 MIX HGT (FT)....700 1400 2600 3700 4300 4100 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 17 NW 22 NW 28 W 30 W 30 W 29 LVORI...........4 3 1 1 1 1 DISPERSION INDX.16 25 61 80 86 81 $$ FORECASTER...SHULER REQUESTED BY...CPT G S LAMONT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130305.MININ.01/JAX