443  
FNUS72 KMLB 091342  
FWSMLB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR UCF UNIT 8 PRESCRIBED BURN...UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
842 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON JANUARY 09.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL  
PRODUCE GENERALLY GOOD DISPERSION DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.  
MIN RH VALUES WILL LOWER NEAR 60 PERCENT. A WARM AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS  
IN THE LOWER 80S.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL LATE IN  
THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 1700 FT AGL  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 13 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 29 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 41 IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 24.  
LVORI...............DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING  
TO 1 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3.  
 
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........34 33 35 38 40 44 47 51 47  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............68 73 77 79 80 81 81 80 78  
RH..............97 87 74 67 65 60 60 62 67  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 7 8 10 12 13 13 13 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.4 2.5 3.6 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 1.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 12  
DISPERSION IDX..4 13 29 40 44 38 40 37 24  
LVORI...........7 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 3  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....5.  
LVORI...............3 INCREASING TO 9.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........42 38 35 32 29 31 33 36 40 44 48 49  
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............76 72 71 69 68 67 66 66 64 64 64 63  
RH..............71 81 84 90 93 97 97 97 100 100 100 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 10 9 8 8 7 6 5 5 3 3  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 12 10 8 9 8 7 9 7 7 7  
DISPERSION IDX..7 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3  
LVORI...........3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY DENSE FOG  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN  
THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 38 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 48 IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 29.  
LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 2.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........50 51 45 39 33 33 34 35 33 30 28 28  
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............63 62 64 68 72 75 78 80 80 80 80 78  
RH..............100 100 100 97 87 76 69 62 60 60 58 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 5 7 9 10 12 12 10 9 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.5 4.2 4.7 4.9 4.6 3.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 5 7 10 12 12 10 9 9 8 7  
DISPERSION IDX..3 2 4 11 25 38 48 51 52 52 43 29  
LVORI...........9 9 9 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2  
 

 
FORECASTER...KELLY  
REQUESTED BY...AMANDA LINDSAY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2528667.0/MLB  
.DELDT 01/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL AMANDA.LINDSAY@UCF.EDU  
 
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