401
FNUS72 KJAX 231436
FWSJAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR PINELAND RD...GA FORESTRY COMMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1036 AM EDT THU APR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1102 EDT ON APRIL 23.
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
HOT AND DRY WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND SOUTHEASTERLY SMOKE
TRANSPORT THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. WIND DIRECTION WILL BECOME
SQUIRRELLY AROUND 9-10 PM AS THE GULF AND ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE
COLLIDE NEAR THE FIRE AREA. GIVEN THE WEAK TRANSPORT WINDS, DENSE
SMOKE IS LIKELY IN THE VICINITY AND AREAS NORTH OF THE FIRE
PERIMETER. AHEAD OF SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT, CURRENTLY FORECAST TO
REACH THE FIRE SATURDAY EVENING, WINDS WILL SHIFT SURFACE AND
SMOKE TRANSPORT WINDS WILL SHIFT SOUTHWESTERLY FRIDAY WITH GUSTS
UP TO 15 MPH AFTER 1800 WITH THE GULF SEA BREEZE. THERE IS
POTENTIAL IN SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BUT
CONFIDENCE IN WETTING RAIN IS LOW.
REST OF TODAY
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 3 9 13 11 21 29
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 81 83 84 86 86 86
RH..............50 42 37 34 31 30 29
HEAT INDEX (F)..77 81 82 83 84 84 84
WIND CHILL (F)..77 80 81 83 84 83 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 8 9 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 6.3 7.7 8.6 9.3 9.4 8.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 5 6 6 6 6
DISPERSION IDX..21 36 49 59 63 63 59
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........34 32 34 34 40 29 19 10 10 10 6 4
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK 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............84 82 77 74 71 69 67 64 63 61 60 59
RH..............32 36 44 50 57 61 68 74 78 84 88 90
HEAT INDEX (F)..83 81 77 74 71 69 67 65 63 61 60 60
WIND CHILL (F)..82 81 77 73 70 68 67 64 63 61 59 59
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 5 6 5 3 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 8 8 8 9 8 7 7 6 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.1 3.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 8 10 13 13 12 10 9 8 7
DISPERSION IDX..43 24 3 4 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 3
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6
FRIDAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 5 4 4 5 5 13 21 29 31 34 36
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............58 58 59 66 74 80 84 86 87 89 89 89
RH..............93 95 93 79 62 51 43 39 36 33 31 32
HEAT INDEX (F)..58 58 59 66 74 81 84 85 86 87 88 87
WIND CHILL (F)..58 58 58 66 74 81 83 85 86 86 87 87
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 5 6 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 6 7 9 10 12 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.1 0.4 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.7 7.0 7.9 8.3 8.2 7.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 5 5 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 7
DISPERSION IDX..3 3 5 8 15 23 33 41 47 50 51 48
LVORI...........7 7 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...BOOTHE
REQUESTED BY...KENNETH PARKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610897.3/JAX
.DELDT 04/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KPARKER@GFC.STATE.GA.US,BJOINER@GFC.STATE.GA.US,THELMS@GFC.STATE.GA.US
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