072
FNUS72 KJAX 242114
FWSJAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR RAILROAD...FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
514 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (904) 741-4370 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
..ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON
DISCUSSION
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 10-15 MPH BEHIND THE SEA
BREEZE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2000 BEFORE TRENDING LIGHTER AND THEN
CALM BY MIDNIGHT. THOUGH HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE SATURDAY, ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN INCOMING COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL SLOW
DOWN THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE AND IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE
FIRE UNTIL 1800 SATURDAY. THE SEA BREEZE FROM THE GULF WILL
COLLIDE WITH THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE
AND WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM
DURING THE EARLY EVENING SATURDAY.
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........58 54 54 36 36 28 26 25 23 21 18 16
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............82 79 75 73 71 69 68 67 65 64 63 62
RH..............42 47 54 59 66 73 76 78 87 89 90 93
HEAT INDEX (F)..82 79 75 73 71 69 68 67 65 64 63 62
WIND CHILL (F)..81 79 75 73 71 69 68 67 65 64 63 62
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE S S S S S N N
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 10 7 6 3 3 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
DISPERSION IDX..29 18 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7
SATURDAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........19 22 5 1 2 4 5 13 32 37 46 34
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 15
TEMP............61 61 64 69 78 83 85 87 88 89 89 87
RH..............100 100 92 83 63 52 46 42 39 39 39 43
HEAT INDEX (F)..61 61 64 69 78 84 86 87 88 89 89 87
WIND CHILL (F)..61 61 63 68 77 83 86 87 88 88 89 87
20 FT WIND DIR..N SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SSW SSW SE
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 9 11 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST. 2 6 6 6 7 8 9 13 15 17 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.1 0.4 1.4 2.7 4.2 6.1 7.7 8.5 8.0 6.6 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 10
DISPERSION IDX..3 3 6 10 17 25 42 56 70 78 76 64
LVORI...........9 9 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...BOOTHE
REQUESTED BY...JONATHAN JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611326.2/JAX
.DELDT 04/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JENNIFER.KLINDT@FDACS.GOV,JONATHAN.JOHNSON@FDACS.GOV,DAVID.SECHRIST@FDACS.GOV
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