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Spot Forecast for Salt Lake WMA Unit 22...FWC
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
436 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on July 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
There is a 50% chance for scattered lightning storms across
this area today, with the highest rain potential between 2 PM and
7 PM. Light south winds up to 7 mph will turn east-southeast and
increase to around 10-12 mph after 1-2 PM. Erratic wind gusts are
possible beneath any storm. Minimum RH readings fall to around 60%,
and dispersion will be fair to good. Plan for hot temperatures in
the low to mid 90s. The forecast will be quite similar for
Wednesday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms until 1300, then 1-8 strikes until
                    1400, then 9-15 strikes.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    shifting to the east around 9 mph late in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL increasing to 4700 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast 10
                    to 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 42.
LVORI...............6 decreasing to 2.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16  10  10  26  21  41  38  46  45  36
Weather cov.....                    SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   10  10  20  30  40  50  50
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   2   3   3   3   3
Temp............78  82  87  89  91  91  91  91  91  88
RH..............94  85  72  68  62  62  62  61  60  66
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  E   E   SE
20 FT wind spd..2   3   5   6   6   7   8   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.6   7   8   9   9   10  12  13  13  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.7 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.5 2.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  E   SE
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   8   7   7   8   9   10  12
Dispersion idx..6   17  33  38  36  37  43  42  41  40
LVORI...........6   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
                    then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
LAL.................9-15 strikes until 2100, then 1-8 strikes until
                    2200, then No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 76.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....31 decreasing to 4 early in the evening.
LVORI...............4 increasing to 8.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........39        30        26        35
Weather cov.....CHANCE    S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE    S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40        20        10        10
LAL.............3         2         1         1
Temp............88        81        80        78
RH..............68        82        88        97
20 FT wind......SE 9G13   S 6G10    SE 3G7    S 2G6
Mix hgt (ft)....2100      600       400       400
Transport wind..SE 12     S 9       SE 8      S 7
Dispersion idx..32        4         4         3
LVORI...........3         5         6         8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the morning.
                    Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms until 0800, then 1-8 strikes until
                    1400, then 9-15 strikes.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph late
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 4200 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 9 mph.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 39.
LVORI...............10 decreasing to 2.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........41        43        35        39
Weather cov.....          S CHC     S CHC     CHANCE
Weather type....NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........          S CHC     S CHC     CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).10        20        20        40
LAL.............1         2         2         3
Temp............76        83        89        89
RH..............100       85        64        61
20 FT wind......S 2G5     S 2G5     SE 6G9    E 9G12
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1900      4000      4000
Transport wind..S 6       S 6       S 7       SE 9
Dispersion idx..3         12        30        39
LVORI...........9         4         2         1

$$
Forecaster...Heil
Requested by...David Turner
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 07/02/24
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.EMAIL David.Turner@MyFWC.com