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FNUS72 KJAX 170434
FWSJAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 82 FIRE...GFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1234 AM EDT SUN MAY 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MAY 17.
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
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST TODAY.
AS THE SEABREEZE PUSHES INLAND, ISOLATED CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS, WITH ACTIVITY
SHIFTING FROM EAST TO WEST. LIGHT WINDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS INTO MONDAY. ON MONDAY, DRY AIR OVER THE AREA, WILL LIMIT
THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION, BUT MINRHS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. WINDS WILL PRIMARILY BE EASTERLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS
UPWARD OF 20 MPH. GOOD DISPERSIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.
TODAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........72 71 61 61 66 70 70 70 68 67 64 60
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............67 67 70 75 81 85 88 90 90 90 89 88
RH..............100 100 100 87 71 62 55 52 50 50 52 54
HEAT INDEX (F)..67 67 70 75 86 91 93 96 96 95 95 92
WIND CHILL (F)..67 67 70 75 85 90 93 95 95 95 94 92
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 6 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 13
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 9 13 13 13 14 14 16 17 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.8 1.7 2.6 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 12 13
DISPERSION IDX..5 5 10 23 35 46 47 46 51 50 46 45
LVORI...........9 9 7 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........64 68 73 70 68 64 58 51 44 44 43 41
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 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............87 84 80 76 74 73 71 70 69 68 67 65
RH..............55 61 68 78 84 87 89 93 97 99 97 100
HEAT INDEX (F)..91 89 84 77 74 73 72 70 69 68 67 65
WIND CHILL (F)..91 88 83 76 74 73 71 70 69 67 67 65
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 9 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 14 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8
DISPERSION IDX..38 27 10 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
LVORI...........1 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 9 8 9
MONDAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39 37 33 19 13 14 14 14 11 14 13 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............65 66 69 73 79 82 85 86 87 87 86 85
RH..............100 100 93 81 68 61 53 50 49 46 47 50
HEAT INDEX (F)..65 66 69 74 79 85 87 89 89 88 88 86
WIND CHILL (F)..65 65 69 73 78 85 87 88 88 88 87 86
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 7 10 12 15 16 18 20 20 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.8 2.8 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 8 9 10 12 12 13 13 13
DISPERSION IDX..3 3 7 16 30 48 54 61 67 67 64 61
LVORI...........9 9 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FORECASTER...CRUZ
REQUESTED BY...ETHAN ROBERTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/17/26
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