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FNUS72 KJAX 241624
FWSJAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 82...GA FORESTRY COMMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1224 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 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.
..HIGH AFTERNOON DISPERSIONS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
THIS RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY,
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
THE WEEKEND DUE TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY, BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
FOR THIS AFTERNOON, THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO REACH
THE SITE AROUND 6 PM. SINCE WINDS ARE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE,
WIND DIRECTIONS MAY BECOME SOMEWHAT VARIABLE A FEW HOURS AHEAD
OF THE SEA BREEZE PASSAGE. THE SEA BREEZE INFLUENCE WILL THEN
DISSIPATE THIS EVENING.
THIS FORECAST WAS UPDATED DUE TO A CHANGE IN NEAR TERM WIND DIRECTION.
REST OF TODAY
TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 17 32 48 63
WEATHER COV.....PTY ARS ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............86 89 88 87 85
RH..............31 27 28 30 32
HEAT INDEX (F)..84 86 85 85 84
WIND CHILL (F)..84 85 85 84 83
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 7 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...7.1 8.8 7.6 6.3 5.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 7 8
DISPERSION IDX..40 47 51 52 51
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........52 41 30 23 16 9 12 14 17 14 12 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............83 80 74 70 68 66 64 63 63 63 61 61
RH..............37 43 55 63 67 72 76 78 79 79 83 84
HEAT INDEX (F)..82 80 74 70 68 66 64 63 63 63 62 61
WIND CHILL (F)..82 79 74 70 68 66 64 63 62 62 61 61
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S N N
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 9 7 6 3 2 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE S S S S S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 8
DISPERSION IDX..40 25 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
SATURDAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 18 4 2 2 3 4 11 20 27 33 40
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
TEMP............60 59 62 67 75 81 84 87 88 88 89 86
RH..............90 95 84 78 64 51 44 39 35 35 34 39
HEAT INDEX (F)..60 59 62 67 76 82 84 86 87 87 88 85
WIND CHILL (F)..60 59 62 67 75 82 84 86 87 87 88 85
20 FT WIND DIR..N SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST. 2 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 12 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.5 2.6 3.7 5.3 6.9 8.6 7.3 6.0 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
DISPERSION IDX..4 4 8 16 28 43 62 84 102 91 81 65
LVORI...........6 7 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...STRUBLE
REQUESTED BY...WILLIAM LIGHTSEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611643.1/JAX
.DELDT 04/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL WILLIAM.LIGHTSEY@GLYNNCOUNTY-GA.GOV
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