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Spot Forecast for Martin Highway EOF Interstate 95...Florida Highway Patrol
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
731 PM EDT Fri May 31 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 EDT on May 31.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Good evening. Breezy and gusty east-northeast winds this afternoon with
speeds around 15 knots with gusts of 20 to 25 knots. Mostly dry through
tonight, with rain chances of 10 percent or less. Winds will remain elevated
overnight with wind speeds of 10-12 knots and gusts to around 20 knots
possible. On Saturday, isolated to scattered showers and isolated lightning
storms are possible in the afternoon, especially in the late afternoon. Breezy
and gusty winds will continue, with east-northeast winds 10-15 knots with gusts
of 15-25 knots possible. Minimum RH will fall to 50-60 percent on Saturday
afternoon. Smoke dispersion values will be very good on Saturday due to
the elevated wind speeds. These good dispersion values combined with dry fuels
will produce very sensitive fire weather conditions through Saturday.



.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Patchy smoke
                    early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 14 to 18 mph.
Dispersion index....17 decreasing to 10 in the late evening and
                    overnight.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8   7   20  19  20  21  17  27  22  26
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   10  0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............81  79  78  77  77  76  76  75  75  75
RH..............60  64  67  69  69  71  71  73  72  71
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..13  12  12  10  9   8   8   8   9   10
20 FT wind gust.22  22  22  21  20  20  18  20  21  22
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.18  16  16  14  14  14  14  15  14  15
Dispersion idx..21  13  11  10  10  10  9   10  10  11
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.SATURDAY...

LVORI...............4 decreasing to 1 early in the morning.
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 12 to 18 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........23     21     21     30     31     28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............75     77     83     85     85     86
RH..............72     69     58     56     57     54
20 ft wind......E 12   E 14   E 16   E 18   E 18   E 18
20 ft wind gust.23     23     28     28     28     26
LVORI...........3      1      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Watson
Requested by...Matthew Gallagher
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2415373.1/MLB
.DELDT 05/31/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL MatthewGallagher@flhsmv.gov