234  
FNUS72 KJAX 221234  
FWSJAX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR RAILROAD FIRE...CLAY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
834 AM EDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 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  
 
VERY LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW THIS MORNING WILL RATHER QUICKLY SHIFT  
TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST TO NEARLY EAST DIRECTION BY EARLY AFTERNOON  
WITH THE SEA BREEZE INFLUENCE. FLOW WILL BE GENERALLY IN THE 8-12  
MPH RANGE, WITH GUSTS AROUND 15-20 MPH AT TIMES. DESPITE SOME HIGH  
CLOUDS, MIXING HEIGHTS WILL PEAK NEAR 7 KFT THIS AFTERNOON, WITH  
STRONG ENOUGH FLOW FOR GOOD DISPERSIONS IN THE 65-70 RANGE. WINDS  
SUBSIDE AS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, WITH CHANCES FOR FOG  
TONIGHT BEING VERY LOW (LESS THAN 10%) AT THIS TIME.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........42 49 51 50 67 68 75 76 59  
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............66 72 76 78 79 80 81 80 79  
RH..............65 53 46 43 41 40 40 41 42  
HEAT INDEX (F)..66 72 76 78 79 80 81 80 80  
WIND CHILL (F)..66 72 76 78 79 79 80 79 79  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 7 9 10 12 13 14 16 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 3.6 5.2 6.1 6.5 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 7 9 9 9 9 10 10 10  
DISPERSION IDX..11 33 60 65 66 66 68 65 63  
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........69 57 49 56 43 40 42 50 64 48 46 31  
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK  
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............78 75 71 69 67 66 65 63 62 60 60 59  
RH..............44 51 58 64 69 74 77 81 85 90 88 92  
HEAT INDEX (F)..78 75 72 69 67 66 65 63 62 60 60 59  
WIND CHILL (F)..78 75 71 69 67 65 64 63 62 60 59 59  
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 7 6 5 3 3 3 2 1 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 14 12 9 7 6 6 6 3 2 2  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 2.5 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 12 10 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 5  
DISPERSION IDX..55 37 10 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 2  
LVORI...........1 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7  
 
 
FORECASTER...DUBOIS  
REQUESTED BY...MATT BURGESS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2611291.0/JAX  
.DELDT 04/22/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JASON.BOREE@CLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM,DAVID.MOTES@CLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM,LORIN.MOCK@CLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM,TIMOTHY.DEVIN@CLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM,MATTHEW.BURGESS@CLAYCOUNTYGOV.COM  
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