525  
FNUS72 KMLB 030707  
FWSMLB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR JDSP PICNIC AREA...FLORIDA PARK SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
307 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
LOWER THAN NORMAL CONFIDENCE IN CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION TODAY. A  
WEAK TROUGH OVER THE NEARBY ATLANTIC WATERS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE  
IS RESULTING UNSETTLED CONDITIONS AND SPORADIC DEVELOPMENT OF  
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS NEAR THE COAST EARLY THIS  
MORNING. A BETTER DEFINED EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IS FORECAST TO  
DEVELOP AROUND NOON, SHIFTING LIGHT S-SE WINDS THIS MORNING ESE-  
SE AROUND 10 MPH, AND SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND  
LIGHTNING STORMS. STORM MOTION MAY BECOME SLOW/ERRATIC AS STEERING  
FLOW WEAKENS. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL  
THAT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. AFTERNOON DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE  
POOR DUE TO LOW MIXING HEIGHTS AND WEAK TRANSPORT WINDS.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY  
AFTERNOON, THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
LIKELY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.  
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-2900 FT AGL  
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 26 IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............8 DECREASING TO 3.  
 
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........56 60 65 67 72 69 71 71  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 40 50 60 60 50 50  
TEMP............86 86 87 87 86 88 86 85  
RH..............80 80 77 75 77 72 77 80  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 12 13 14 14 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SE S SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 8 8 8 9 10 12  
DISPERSION IDX..22 27 26 26 23 26 27 30  
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING,  
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....24 DECREASING TO 6 EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
LVORI...............4 INCREASING TO 6 EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........73 73 73 68 67 58 55 54 47 46 45 43  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 30 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30  
TEMP............84 82 81 80 80 79 80 79 79 79 78 78  
RH..............82 85 88 91 91 94 91 91 94 94 94 94  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 15 15 14 13 12 12 10 9 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 12 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 8 7  
DISPERSION IDX..27 20 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 4 4  
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY  
AFTERNOON, THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
LIKELY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.  
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 24 IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............8 DECREASING TO 3.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........48 52 57 59 61 63 67 70 74 73 73 72  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 50 40 30  
TEMP............77 78 79 83 86 86 88 88 87 88 86 85  
RH..............97 94 94 85 80 80 75 72 75 72 77 80  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 7 7 8 10 12 13 14 14 15 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 8 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 10  
DISPERSION IDX..3 2 3 11 21 27 27 25 26 23 22 22  
LVORI...........8 7 7 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
 

 
FORECASTER...HALEY  
REQUESTED BY...ROB ROSSMANITH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2621137.0/MLB  
.DELDT 09/03/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ROBIN.ROSSMANITH@FLORIDADEP.GOV  
 
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