342  
FNUS72 KMLB 160750  
FWSMLB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR JDSP E14 C2/3/4...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
350 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 16.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE BURN SITE TODAY INTO FRIDAY AS  
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS SITUATED OVERHEAD. MINIMUM RH VALUES FALL  
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S EACH AFTERNOON, REMAINING WELL ABOVE  
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EARLY IN THE MORNING  
BECOME EASTERLY AROUND 10 MPH AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE  
DEVELOPS AND MOVES INLAND, BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE ONCE AGAIN  
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AFTERNOON SMOKE DISPERSION VALUES WILL  
BE FAIR TO GENERALLY GOOD NEAR THE BURN SITE.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.  
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN  
THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 10 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 49 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
DECREASING TO 35 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............5 DECREASING TO 1.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........42 41 34 34 39 44 42 50 49 37 35 39  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............66 67 68 72 75 78 79 79 79 79 79 80  
RH..............84 81 81 71 64 58 56 56 58 58 58 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.5 2.4 2.6 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8  
DISPERSION IDX..3 4 6 28 41 49 45 38 40 38 37 35  
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL EARLY IN  
THE EVENING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 9 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....36 DECREASING TO 2.  
LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 6.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........35 36 42 41 35 35  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............78 75 72 70 70 69  
RH..............60 66 76 84 87 87  
20 FT WIND......E 7 E 5 E 3 E 3 E 2 E 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 13 12 10 8  
MIX HGT (FT)....3200 500 400 400 400 400  
TRANSPORT WIND..E 9 E 9 E 8 E 8 E 7 SE 5  
DISPERSION IDX..36 4 4 4 3 2  
LVORI...........1 3 4 5 6 6  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.  
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH LATE  
IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST  
AROUND 9 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 39.  
LVORI...............8 DECREASING TO 1.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........30 26 20 22 24 17  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............67 69 76 82 83 82  
RH..............97 93 74 61 61 63  
20 FT WIND......N 2 N 2 N 2 NE 6 NE 8 E 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 8 10 13 15  
MIX HGT (FT)....400 500 3000 4500 4000 3600  
TRANSPORT WIND..E 5 N 5 NE 7 NE 7 NE 8 E 9  
DISPERSION IDX..2 3 27 38 38 39  
LVORI...........8 6 3 1 1 1  
 

 
FORECASTER...TOLLEFSEN  
REQUESTED BY...ROB ROSSMANITH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2610471.0/MLB  
.DELDT 04/16/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ROBIN.ROSSMANITH@FLORIDADEP.GOV  
 
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