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FNUS72 KJAX 240903 CCA
FWSJAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR PINELAND ROAD
..GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
500 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 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 DISPERSION THIS WEEKEND
DISCUSSION
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
ONLY IN THE 4-8 MPH RANGE AT BEST. THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE
MAY PUSH THROUGH THE SITE AROUND THE 6 PM TO 8 PM TIME FRAME THIS
EVENING, WITH HIGHER CONFIDENCE TOWARD 7-8 PM WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE
IN WIND SPEEDS. DESPITE RATHER WEAK FLOW, MIXING HEIGHTS WILL ONCE
AGAIN EXCEED 8 KFT THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL RESULT IN GOOD
DISPERSIONS IN THE 50-55 UNIT RANGE. LOWEST RH VALUES DURING
PEAK MIXING ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 35% TODAY. SOME
PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY,
WHICH ALSO BRINGS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED "SUPERFOG"
NEARBY THE FIRE THROUGH ABOUT MID MORNING SATURDAY. FLOW IS
EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER ON SATURDAY, WHICH WILL
RESULT IN HIGH DISPERSIONS BUT WITH RH SLIGHTLY HIGHER
AS MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. CHANCES
FOR RAIN, ALBEIT ONLY ABOUT 20-30%, WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
TODAY
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2 1 1 1 26 33 37 39 42
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY ARS PTY PTY PTY ARS
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
TEMP............60 66 74 80 83 85 87 87 87 87
RH..............90 80 67 53 45 40 35 35 34 34
HEAT INDEX (F)..60 66 74 81 83 85 86 86 86 86
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.6 6.9 7.7 8.4 8.4 7.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6
DISPERSION IDX..6 9 15 19 25 32 42 46 48 52
LVORI...........6 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........42 42 36 37 27 22 13 14 9 10 7 10
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............86 83 78 75 72 70 67 66 64 62 61 59
RH..............35 40 55 60 66 73 78 82 88 93 97 100
HEAT INDEX (F)..85 83 78 75 72 70 68 66 64 62 61 59
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 12 12 10 10 9 8 7 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.4 2.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
DISPERSION IDX..39 23 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 9
SATURDAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........19 21 27 23 21 17 24 31 38 44 51 57
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20
TEMP............59 59 60 67 72 78 82 85 86 88 88 86
RH..............100 100 100 90 75 59 51 45 41 38 36 38
HEAT INDEX (F)..59 59 60 67 72 79 84 86 87 88 88 86
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 14 14 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.1 0.4 1.2 2.4 3.8 5.2 6.5 7.2 7.4 7.0 6.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 6 6 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 12
DISPERSION IDX..3 3 5 10 25 44 63 82 89 92 90 79
LVORI...........9 10 9 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...SHASHY
REQUESTED BY...PSC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611545.0/JAX
.DELDT 04/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL RFONVIELLE@GFC.STATE.GA.US,EROBERTSON@GFC.STATE.GA.US
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