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Spot Forecast for SOFWEA Unit 12...FWC
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
502 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry air will remain situated across east central Florida today,
with minimum RH values remaining in the upper 30s near the burn
site. Northeast winds generally around 10 mph. Afternoon smoke
dispersion will be generally good to very good near the burn
site. Similar conditions are forecast on Wednesday, with easterly
winds around 5 mph and slightly lower minimum RH values in the mid
30s. No rain is forecast today or tomorrow.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL increasing to 5800 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 14 mph.
Dispersion index....36 increasing to 69 late in the morning, then
                    decreasing to 52 in the afternoon.
LVORI...............1.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   10  12  15  18  21  21  21  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............67  72  74  76  77  78  79  79  78
RH..............59  49  46  43  42  40  39  39  40
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..8   9   10  12  12  10  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.10  13  15  15  15  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.12  13  14  14  13  12  10  10  10
Dispersion idx..36  67  69  60  58  59  55  52  53
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening and
                    overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....59 decreasing to 3.
LVORI...............1 increasing to 6.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........20     17     11     8      7      6
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............77     70     65     62     59     57
RH..............42     55     68     75     87     90
20 ft wind......E 10   E 9    E 7    E 6    E 3    E 3
20 ft wind gust.13     12     8      7      5      5
Mix hgt (ft)....5000   600    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 10   E 12   E 10   E 8    E 7    E 6
Dispersion idx..59     8      6      4      3      3
LVORI...........1      3      3      4      6      6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....2 increasing to 55.
LVORI...............7 decreasing to 1.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........7      10     8      7      6      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............57     62     72     79     82     84
RH..............93     81     55     42     37     34
20 ft wind......E 2    E 2    E 5    E 6    E 6    E 7
20 ft wind gust.3
Mix hgt (ft)....400    400    3500   5500   6600   6700
Transport wind..E 6    E 5    E 6    E 6    E 7    SE 7
Dispersion idx..2      3      24     39     51     55
LVORI...........7      5      2      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Tollefsen
Requested by...Melanie Mancuso
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411789.0/MLB
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL melanie.mancuso@myfwc.com


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