FNUS72 KMLB 240949 FWSMLB SPOT FORECAST FOR SP-22...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 549 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 IN THE x09x09 AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE....AROUND 91. MIN HUMIDITY.......54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN.....30 PERCENT. LAL................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2. MIXING HEIGHT......800-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-4900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS....WEST 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX...52. LVORI..............1. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM SKY (%)............PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC WEATHER COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.......RW RW TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP...............81 84 87 90 91 90 89 87 86 84 83 82 RH.................75 68 61 57 54 55 57 62 65 68 71 74 20 FT WIND DIR.....W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD.....12 13 14 14 15 14 14 13 12 10 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.... 15 20 20 20 20 20 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......4400-4700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-400 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX...10. LVORI..............6. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER........PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. CONSIDERABLE AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS x09x09 AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY.......61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT).......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN.....50 PERCENT. LAL................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT......800-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS....WEST 12 TO 15 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX...46. LVORI..............1. $$ FORECASTER...BRAGAW REQUESTED BY...CHRIS VANDELLO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130724.SP22_.01/MLB