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Spot Forecast for Sandy Drain WF...Florida Forest Service
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1143 AM EDT Wed May 22 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 EDT on May 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
It will be dry, with winds generally out of the east today around
8 to 12 mph. Min RH values will remain above critical values, with
Generally Good dispersion forecast. Winds diminish into tonight,
becoming light and variable. While widespread fog is not forecast
into tonight, settling of smoke could cause visibility issues
along any nearby roadways overnight into early morning Thursday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....49 increasing to 59 early in the afternoon,
                    then decreasing to 44 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............1.

TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   7   7   4   6   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............86  87  87  88  87  86
RH..............55  53  53  51  53  53
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..9   10  10  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.14  15  16  17  17  16
Mix hgt (kft)...4.8 5.1 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  12  12  12
Dispersion idx..49  59  59  52  49  44
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 14 mph.
Dispersion index....48 decreasing to 5 early in the evening.
LVORI...............1 increasing to 7.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........2      5      13     14     15     8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............85     80     76     72     71     69
RH..............55     69     79     89     90     94
20 ft wind......E 10   E 8    E 6    SE 3   SE 2   E 2
20 ft wind gust.15     13     10     7      6      5
Mix hgt (ft)....2900   1600   500    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 14   E 12   E 10   SE 8   SE 8   SE 5
Dispersion idx..49     7      5      4      3      2
LVORI...........1      3      4      6      6      7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 12 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL increasing to 4400 ft AGL late in
                    the morning, then increasing to 5300 ft AGL
                    late in the afternoon decreasing to 3300 ft AGL
                    late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 45.
LVORI...............8 increasing to 10 early in the morning, then
                    decreasing to 6 early in the morning decreasing
                    to 4 late in the morning decreasing to 2.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........14     7      8      9      12     10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............69     72     82     87     89     88
RH..............96     90     66     55     50     51
20 ft wind......E 1    E 1    SE 3   E 6    E 8    E 10
20 ft wind gust.3      5      7      9      13     14
Mix hgt (ft)....400    600    2800   4400   5300   3900
Transport wind..E 3    SE 3   E 5    E 7    NE 8   E 10
Dispersion idx..2      3      17     34     46     46
LVORI...........8      6      3      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Weitlich
Requested by...Anthony Petellat
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/22/24
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.EMAIL anthony.petellat@fdacs.gov