860  
FNUS72 KTAE 051637  
FWSTAE  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ARTRESS RX...TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
1137 AM EST THU FEB 5 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EST ON FEBRUARY 05.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (850) 942-8833, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
WIDESPREAD FROST WITH LOW DISPERSION AND ELEVATED NORTHWEST WINDS  
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ON FRIDAY, ELEVATED MIXING HEIGHTS AND  
STRONG WESTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS WILL LEAD TO HIGH DISPERSION IN  
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO FALL  
INTO THE MID-40S FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST  
AFTER 3 AM.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.  
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST  
AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.  
LVORI...............3.  
DISPERSION INDEX....27 DECREASING TO 5 IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6  
WEATHER COV..... WID WID WID  
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............48 46 44 42 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 34  
RH..............51 56 58 60 62 62 62 64 64 66 69 66  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 8  
DISPERSION......27 27 27 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN  
THE MORNING.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.  
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS  
TO AROUND 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 23 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
DISPERSION INDEX....10 INCREASING TO 98.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........5 5 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3  
WEATHER COV.....WID WID WID  
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST FST  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............33 33 37 40 44 49 54 57 61 63 64 63  
RH..............69 69 64 62 58 54 50 49 46 46 46 50  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 12 13 13 15 17 18 20 21 20 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.6 4.0 4.5 4.9 4.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 9 13 15 16 18 20 22 23 23 20  
DISPERSION......10 10 10 43 43 43 88 88 88 98 98 98  
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...LF  
REQUESTED BY...STEPHEN WASP  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2601815.0/TAE  
.DELDT 02/05/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL SWASP@TALLTIMBERS.ORG  
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