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SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTER...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1215 PM EDT WED APR 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1137 EDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GOOD AFTERNOON. DOMINANT WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST BEHIND THE SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPORARY
SHIFTING OUT OF THE EAST OR SOUTH POSSIBLE DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS
THERE AT THE TIP OF THE CAPE. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER THE INTERIOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD PUSH
BACK TOWARD THE EAST COAST EARLY THIS EVENING. LIGHTNING STRIKES
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS THAT AFFECT THE BURN
SITE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 16 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....44.

TIME (EDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............79     78     78     76     73     70
RH..............70     67     66     67     81     87
20 FT WIND......ESE 10 SE 14  SE 15  SE 15  E 14   E 14
20 FT WIND GUST.       20     20     20     20     20

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 21 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....19.
LVORI...............4.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND
                    21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0800...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 32 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....59.

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FORECASTER...KELLY
REQUESTED BY...CYNTHIA BRANHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130403.CENTE.01/MLB