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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAINBOW FIRE...FHP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
847 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1815 EDT ON MAY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE LIKELY ALREADY ENDED FOR THE VICINITY
OF THE FIRE TONIGHT BUT THERE'S STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR
OVERNIGHT AND PATCHY FOG MAY FORM PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF THE FIRE. IF
ANY LINGERING SMOKE IS PRESENT IT COULD MIX WITH THE FOG TO CAUSE VISIBILITY
ISSUES.

DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL DROP FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO AROUND 35 PERCENT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE NIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....3.
LVORI...............9.

TIME (EDT)      9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM
TEMP............80  79  77  76  75  74  73  72  71  70  69  73
RH..............68  70  73  76  79  81  84  87  91  96  100 88
20 FT WIND DIR..NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT WIND GUST.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800-5500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....69.
LVORI...............1.

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FORECASTER...BOWEN
REQUESTED BY...SGT  J L  CROSBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130523.RAINB.01/MLB