FNUS72 KMLB 241057 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR BURN UNIT JDI01...SFWMD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 657 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON JULY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH SPANNING THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL GENERATE STEADY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS ACROSS THE BURN SITE TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL PUSH SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EAST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. DESPITE THE WARM WESTERLY FLOW...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH x09x09 MIDDAY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE....AROUND 91. MIN HUMIDITY.......55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN.....30 PERCENT. LAL................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2. MIXING HEIGHT......900-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600-4900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS....WEST 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX...49. LVORI..............1. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM SKY (%)............PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC WEATHER COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH WEATHER TYPE.......RW RW RW TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP...............77 82 85 88 90 91 91 89 87 86 84 83 RH.................87 72 66 60 57 55 55 58 62 65 69 72 20 FT WIND DIR.....W W W W W SW W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD.....9 12 13 14 14 15 14 14 13 12 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.... 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND x09x09 THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE EVENING...THEN x09x09 BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE....AROUND 74. MAX HUMIDITY.......97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).......WEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN.....20 PERCENT. LAL................2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1. MIXING HEIGHT......3500-3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800-1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS....WEST 14 TO 18 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX...9. LVORI..............6. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER........PARTLY SUNNY THROUGH MIDDAY. CONSIDERABLE AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND x09x09 THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY.......59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN.....50 PERCENT. LAL................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT......800-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300-5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS....WEST 10 TO 14 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX...48. LVORI..............1. $$ FORECASTER...BRAGAW REQUESTED BY...JAMES SCHUETTE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130724.BURNU.01/MLB