Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Melbourne, FL
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Spot Forecast for MIR 2.3 Rx...USFWS
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
456 PM EDT Sat Mar 16 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1700 EDT on March 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Low clouds (stratus) and patchy fog are forecast to move in
from the west and reach the burn site a little before sunrise Sunday. Any
fog should lift by 9 am but stratus clouds may linger a little longer.
Localized dense fog will be possible in vicinity of the smoldering burn
resulting in reduced visibilities The sea breeze will again be pinned
near the coast on Sunday due to west to southwest surface and transport
winds.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
the evening.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....32 decreasing to 4.
LVORI...............3 increasing to 8.
TIME (EDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35 32 28 30 30 30 29 28 26 24 27 30 34
Weather cov..... PTY
Weather type.... FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............83 81 78 75 73 72 71 71 70 69 69 68 67
RH..............55 60 67 77 81 83 86 87 89 90 91 92 94
20 FT wind dir..W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4
20 FT wind gust.13 13 12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 3.0 2.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW W W W W W
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
Dispersion idx..34 30 21 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
LVORI...........2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Patchy fog early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the south
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 3500 ft AGL in the
afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 59.
LVORI...............9 decreasing to 1.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........39 51 51 46 35 37
Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 10
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............66 66 71 78 83 85
RH..............95 96 87 72 61 55
20 ft wind......W 5 W 5 W 6 W 8 SW 8 S 10
20 ft wind gust. 12 15
Mix hgt (ft)....400 500 1300 2100 3500 3500
Transport wind..W 7 W 6 W 7 W 9 SW 12 SW 12
Dispersion idx..3 3 12 28 45 59
LVORI...........8 8 5 3 1 1
.SUNDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL late in the
evening.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....35 decreasing to 8.
LVORI...............3 increasing to 6.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........43 49 45 45
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10
LAL.............1 1 1 1
Temp............81 75 73 69
RH..............63 76 83 94
20 FT wind......S 10G15 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7G9
Mix hgt (ft)....2400 500 500 600
Transport wind..SW 10 W 9 W 10 SW 10
Dispersion idx..35 7 7 9
LVORI...........2 4 4 6
$$
Forecaster...Kelly
Requested by...Greg Suszek
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/16/24
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.EMAIL greg_suszek@fws.gov