419
FNUS72 KMLB 131051
FWSMLB
SPOT FORECAST FOR LAUNCH WILDFIRE...US WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
551 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EST ON FEBRUARY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS SHIFT NORTH AROUND 5-10 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND
INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHIFT FURTHER EAST ON SATURDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE SLIDES INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THERE ARE NO CRITICAL RH
CONCERNS. FAIR TO GENERALLY GOOD SMOKE DISPERSION IS FORECAST EACH
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THERE ARE NO MENTIONABLE RAIN CHANCES IN
THE FORECAST TODAY, BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER MOVING ONSHORE
SATURDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 33.
LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 3.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........26 19 13 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 57 57 61 64 65 66 66 66 67 66 66
RH..............100 98 98 93 84 81 77 77 74 73 76 74
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 9 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 9 10 12 12 14 15 15 14 14
DISPERSION IDX..4 7 10 15 17 24 28 33 37 37 37 34
LVORI...........9 7 7 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 9 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....29 DECREASING TO 6.
LVORI...............3 INCREASING TO 6.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 12 17 13 14 16 19 21 17 15 16 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 62 61 61 61 61 60 61 60 60 61 60
RH..............81 87 90 87 90 87 90 87 90 90 88 94
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 9
DISPERSION IDX..29 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 13 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 36.
LVORI...............6 DECREASING TO 4.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 14 10 13 16 18 21 26 30 35 41 46
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............59 61 61 64 67 68 68 69 69 68 68 66
RH..............92 91 92 83 75 74 72 70 71 72 74 81
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 10 12 13 14 15 15 15 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E NE E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 12 10 10 10 12 13 13 12 12 13
DISPERSION IDX..4 21 29 33 36 38 39 39 38 35 35 36
LVORI...........6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
FORECASTER...LAW
REQUESTED BY...SAM ASHBAUGH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2602596.2/MLB
.DELDT 02/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SAMUEL_ASHBAUGH@FWS.GOV
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