441  
FNUS72 KJAX 181852  
FWSJAX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR PENNER POND-WATERHOLE...US FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
252 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON JUNE 19.  
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.  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
 
   
..HIGH DAYTIME DISPERSION VALUES ON FRIDAY
 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE  
AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY, WHICH  
WILL LIMIT CHANCES FOR FOG FORMATION. BREEZY WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY  
TRANSPORT WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS  
ON FRIDAY, WHICH WILL CREATE HIGH DAYTIME DISPERSION VALUES  
AT THE BURN SITE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH  
ISOLATED ACTIVITY POTENTIALLY CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT  
HOURS. WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE AND TRANSPORT SPEEDS WILL  
GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER  
WILL LIKELY PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT FOG FORMATION DURING THE  
PREDAWN AND EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. NUMEROUS MAINLY  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ON  
SATURDAY. WESTERLY SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN  
SLIGHTLY BY THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON  
SATURDAY, CREATING GOOD DAYTIME DISPERSION VALUES BEFORE CLOUD  
COVER AND RAINFALL CHANCES INCREASE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.  
   
JUNETEENTH
 
 
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........56 53 69 53 64 73 61 71 67  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 10 10 10 20 30 40 40  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 20 30 40 40  
TEMP............82 85 87 89 90 90 91 92 90  
RH..............85 75 75 65 65 65 60 60 60  
HEAT INDEX (F)..90 96 100 102 103 103 103 105 101  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 3.1 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.3 3.8 3.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 18 20 20 20 18 18 17 17  
DISPERSION IDX..50 76 90 100 105 85 80 70 65  
LVORI...........4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
FRIDAY NIGHT
 
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........69 66 66 58 59 56 48 48 52 45 43 42  
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 10 10 10 10 0 10 20 20 10 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).30 20 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............89 88 85 82 81 81 80 80 79 79 78 78  
RH..............60 65 70 77 82 79 82 82 85 85 88 88  
HEAT INDEX (F)..99 98 94 88 87 86 85 85 79 79 78 78  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W SW SW SW W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 17 15 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W SW SW W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8  
DISPERSION IDX..45 25 10 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4  
LVORI...........1 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........55 76 68 68 68 68 77 85 94 94 94 94  
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 90 90 90 90  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 40 40 40 90 90 90 90  
TEMP............77 76 78 81 84 86 88 89 89 89 88 87  
RH..............88 90 94 85 80 75 70 65 65 65 65 70  
HEAT INDEX (F)..77 76 78 88 95 98 102 102 102 102 99 98  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 12 13 13 14 15 15 15 15 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.8 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.6 2.9 2.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 9 10 12 12 13 12 12 12 10 10  
DISPERSION IDX..4 5 20 25 35 45 55 60 65 55 45 30  
LVORI...........6 6 5 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 3  
 

 
FORECASTER...NELSON  
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL CEDENO  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2615788.0/JAX  
.DELDT 06/18/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL DANIEL.CEDENO@USDA.GOV  
 
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