FNUS72 KJAX 172039 FWSJAX SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 73 ZAY PRAIRIE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 439 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1645 EDT ON JULY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS NORTH OF THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL SHIFT FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A PREVAILING OFFSHORE FLOW AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 MPH EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS ALONG THE COAST. FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS. DENSE FOG IS NOT EXPECTED. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING 44 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. LVORI...............5. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........20 20 50 60 64 68 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............72 71 80 88 89 89 RH..............99 100 78 59 54 54 20 FT WIND......E 2 NE 3 E 5 E 6 E 7 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....100 100 1400 3000 3600 3600 TRANSPORT WIND..E 2 NE 3 E 8 E 12 E 13 E 12 LVORI...........9 9 4 1 1 1 DISPERSION INDX.3 4 16 38 45 32 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 30 30 40 LAL.............1 1 1 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...ENYEDI REQUESTED BY...MIKE WILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130717.COMP7.01/JAX