Suppression Forecast
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SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 90...OSCEOLA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
734 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0750 EDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND. CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
BUT HEADLINES WILL NOT BE REQUIRED AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS
THAN 10 MPH AND FUEL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE MET. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY MOISTEN AND CLIMB ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS LATER
THIS WEEK.

FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...SIGNIFICANT FOG IS NOT EXPECTED THE
NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000-6800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 17 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....INCREASING TO 111.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.

TIME (EDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........0      3      5      8      8      7
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     67     76     81     82     79
RH..............85     51     31     23     22     28
20 FT WIND......N 2    N 6    NE 7   NE 7   N 7    N 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     15     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1600   4900   6300   6800   6800   6800
TRANSPORT WIND..N 16   N 17   NE 17  NE 14  N 10   N 8
DISPERSION INDX.35     97     111    96     75     58
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500-6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700-1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....DECREASING TO 5.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........6      5      5      5      5      6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............77     69     62     58     55     52
RH..............28     42     58     67     75     83
20 FT WIND......N 6    NE 3   NE 2   E 2    SE 3   SE 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....6000   4500   2900   2000   1500   1000
TRANSPORT WIND..N 7    N 7    NE 8   E 9    SE 8   SE 8
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      4      5
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-5900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 34.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.

$$
FORECASTER...STRUBLE
REQUESTED BY...MARLENE BULLARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130514.HWY90.01/JAX






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