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Spot Forecast for Three Lakes- Big Nose...FWC
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
516 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
There is a 50% chance for scattered lightning storms over the
burn area today, with the highest rain potential between
3 PM and 8 PM. Southeast winds will be less than 5 mph
through 12 PM, then 5-12 mph through the afternoon. Erratic wind
gusts are possible beneath any storm. Minimum RH readings fall to
50-55%, and dispersion will be fair to good. Plan for hot
temperatures in the mid 90s. The forecast will be quite similar
for Thursday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 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 1400, then 1-8 strikes until
                    1500, then 9-15 strikes.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph late
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL increasing to 5100 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 37.
LVORI...............6 decreasing to 1.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9   8   6   6   8   14  30  30  48  40
Weather cov.....                        SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  20  30  40  50
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   2   3   3   3
Temp............77  80  85  88  90  91  92  93  94  90
RH..............94  86  74  65  60  55  55  53  51  59
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   SE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   5   6   6   7   7   8   8
20 FT wind gust.3   3   6   8   9   10  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.4 2.5 3.3 3.9 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.1 3.6
Transp wind dir.SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.5   6   6   5   5   6   7   8   7   8
Dispersion idx..3   11  16  19  23  33  40  40  35  36
LVORI...........6   5   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (10-20 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late
                    in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
LAL.................9-15 strikes until 2100, then 1-8 strikes until
                    2200, then No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....31 decreasing to 3 early in the evening.
LVORI...............1 increasing to 10.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45  30  32  30  10  1   13  29  27  30  18  21
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50  40  30  20  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............3   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............89  88  84  82  80  78  77  77  77  76  75  75
RH..............62  65  73  78  80  81  83  89  90  95  98  98
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   1
20 FT wind gust.12  12  10  9   8   7   6   5   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  8   8   7   7   7   7   6   6   5
Dispersion idx..34  27  4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   2   2
LVORI...........1   3   3   4   5   5   5   6   6   8   10  10

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms until 1400, then 9-15 strikes.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL increasing to 5000 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 6 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 30.
LVORI...............10 decreasing to 2.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16  18  18  26  20  13  19  24  30  33  35  38
Weather cov.....                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  50  50  50  50
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   3   3   3   3
Temp............73  75  77  81  85  88  90  92  93  92  92  91
RH..............99  100 96  85  74  67  61  56  52  53  57  58
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   2   2   3   5   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   3   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.5 2.3 3.2 3.8 4.4 5.0 4.5 4.1 3.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  E   E
Transp wind spd.5   3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
Dispersion idx..2   2   3   7   14  19  22  29  33  30  29  27
LVORI...........10  10  8   5   3   3   2   2   1   2   2   2

$$
Forecaster...Heil
Requested by...Steve Glass
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 07/03/24
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.EMAIL steve.glass@myfwc.com