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SPOT FORECAST FOR STARKEY PARK SR-589 MM24...FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
342 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A LATE SEASON COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...FOLLOWED
BY MUCH DRIER AIR AND SOME GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL VALUES SATURDAY...WITH
DURATIONS OF THE LOWEST RH UP TO 5 HOURS. WINDS SATURDAY WILL BE IN
THE 13 TO 15 MPH RANGE WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS...TO 20 MPH.

FOG POTENTIAL STATEMENT...
SIGNIFICANT FOG FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.


.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      3 PM   5 PM
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SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE
CHC PRECIP (%)..10     10
TEMP............91     89
HUMIDITY........37     40
20 FT WIND......NW 14  NW 14
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20
MIX HGT (FT)....5200   5000
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 17  NW 17
DISPERSION......71     70
LAL.............1      1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
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SKY.............PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
CHC PRECIP (%)..10     10     0      0      0      0
TEMP............87     81     77     74     72     69
HUMIDITY........45     57     68     74     74     79
20 FT WIND......NW 14  NW 12  N 9    N 8    NE 7   NE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     15     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4300   200    200    200    200    200
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 18  NW 12  N 9    N 8    NE 7   NE 6
DISPERSION......69     8      6      5      3      3
LVORI...........1      3      3      3      3      4
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.SATURDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
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SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
CHC PRECIP (%)..0      0      0      0      0      0
TEMP............67     71     78     84     88     89
HUMIDITY........88     78     57     44     36     34
20 FT WIND......NE 5   NE 10  NE 15  NE 15  NE 13  NE 13
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     20     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....200    200    2500   4300   5700   5800
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 7   NE 10  NE 16  E 17   NE 14  NE 14
DISPERSION......3      10     44     65     61     61
LVORI...........6      4      1      1      1      1
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

$$
FORECASTER...RICHARD RUDE
REQUESTED BY...DOS HUTCHINSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130524.STARK.01/TBW