945
FNUS72 KJAX 220526
FWSJAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 82 FIRE...GFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
126 AM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MAY 22.
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.
DISCUSSION
GENERALLY, SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL KEEP THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE
DOMINANT TODAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
NEAR THE WILDFIRE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING ALONG THE INLAND-
MOVING SEA BREEZES. BETTER CHANCES FOR STORMS ON SATURDAY WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG STORM IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY
EVENING HOURS. POTENTIAL HAZARDS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, HEAVY
DOWNPOURS, GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HIGHS TODAY AND SATURDAY
WILL BE IN THE LOW 90S WITH MAX HEAT INDEX AROUND 100 F. WINDS
SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH EACH AFTERNOON AS THE ATLANTIC SEA
BREEZE PASSES THROUGH. DECENT MIXING AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL
LEAD TO FAIR TO GOOD DAYTIME DISPERSIONS.
TODAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........36 39 52 54 49 69 58 68 67 71 62 61
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 20 50 50 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 20 40 40 40 40
TEMP............70 72 76 81 86 90 90 92 92 91 90 89
RH..............89 86 78 72 63 55 54 51 51 52 57 57
HEAT INDEX (F)..71 72 77 85 92 97 98 100 100 99 98 96
WIND CHILL (F)..70 71 75 85 90 95 96 99 98 98 97 96
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 16 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.2 2.1 3.0 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.2 3.7 3.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 13
DISPERSION IDX..4 4 17 29 37 47 50 55 59 57 55 50
LVORI...........6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........58 59 55 45 59 45 57 63 69 69 62 72
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 20 10 20 10 10 10 20 20 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).40 30 20 10 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............87 84 81 78 77 75 75 74 74 74 73 71
RH..............61 68 75 81 82 86 86 87 87 85 85 90
HEAT INDEX (F)..94 90 85 78 77 76 75 74 74 74 73 71
WIND CHILL (F)..94 88 84 78 77 75 75 74 74 74 73 71
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 6 5 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 15 15 14 14 13 12 10 9 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8
DISPERSION IDX..40 28 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
LVORI...........1 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6
SATURDAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........55 58 49 40 46 70 78 65 84 84 84 84
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 20 30 30 50 50 60
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 30 50 50 60
TEMP............72 73 73 77 83 87 90 91 90 88 86 85
RH..............86 82 89 85 70 61 56 54 57 61 69 71
HEAT INDEX (F)..72 73 73 78 88 94 98 100 100 96 95 94
WIND CHILL (F)..71 72 72 77 88 94 97 99 97 96 94 93
20 FT WIND DIR..N N S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.9 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.6 4.3 5.1 5.8 4.6 3.4 2.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 7 8 8
DISPERSION IDX..4 4 12 20 29 37 39 43 44 40 34 26
LVORI...........6 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
FORECASTER...CHANEY
REQUESTED BY...ETHAN ROBERTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/22/26
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