Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
823 FNUS72 KJAX 301729 FWSJAX Spot Forecast for Buford Bay (45)...Florida Forest Service National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 129 PM EDT Mon Jun 30 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 EDT on June 30. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (904) 741-4370 if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. ...HIGH DAYTIME DISPERSION VALUES FORECAST ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION... Numerous afternoon showers and thunderstorms will develop near the wildfire both today and Tuesday. Briefly gusty winds, frequent lightning strikes, and heavy downpours are expected with stronger storms that may impact the wildfire site later this afternoon. Low clouds and patchy fog formation will be possible near the wildfire site during the predawn and early morning hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dense fog is not anticipated, and low clouds should dissipate by the mid to late morning hours both days. Southwesterly surface and transport winds will only gradually increase before thunderstorms develop later this afternoon, keeping daytime dispersion values in the fair range. Southwesterly transport winds will become breezy by the mid to late morning hours on Tuesday, and these winds will combine with elevated mixing heights to create high daytime dispersion values by the early afternoon hours before thunderstorms begin developing near the site. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........62 54 61 67 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC LKY Weather type....RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC LKY Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 50 70 Chc of thdr (%).30 40 50 70 Temp............90 89 87 84 RH..............60 61 68 72 Heat index (F)..94 93 91 90 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 7 20 FT wind gust.9 9 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.6 7 8 9 Dispersion idx..25 30 30 35 LVORI...........2 2 3 3 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........63 63 62 56 50 41 31 18 21 17 24 35 Weather cov.....DEF DEF CHC Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........DEF DEF CHC Chc of pcpn (%).90 80 40 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).90 80 30 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............81 76 76 74 73 73 72 72 71 70 70 70 RH..............79 97 94 97 100 97 100 97 100 100 100 100 Heat index (F)..86 85 78 76 74 73 72 72 72 72 71 71 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 9 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 3 Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S Transp wind spd.9 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 Dispersion idx..25 20 10 8 8 7 5 5 4 4 4 4 LVORI...........3 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 .TUESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........42 38 37 34 46 39 40 31 42 49 62 52 Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC LKY LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH CHC LKY LKY LKY Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 10 0 10 10 20 20 50 60 70 70 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 10 0 10 10 20 20 50 60 70 70 Temp............70 70 73 77 80 83 85 86 86 86 85 84 RH..............100 100 100 90 82 72 67 65 60 65 65 70 Heat index (F)..71 72 73 76 79 87 90 93 93 93 93 91 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW S S SW 20 FT wind spd..2 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 8 20 FT wind gust.3 6 7 9 9 10 13 13 14 14 14 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.1 1.1 1.7 2.6 3.0 3.8 4.0 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.9 9 10 12 14 15 16 16 16 18 18 18 Dispersion idx..4 4 15 25 45 60 75 80 90 85 85 80 LVORI...........9 8 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ Forecaster...Nelson Requested by...Mike Work Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2516862.3/JAX .DELDT 06/30/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL sierra.blackwell@fdacs.gov,Michael.Work@FDACS.Gov,sean.dowie@fdacs.gov,salvatore.dalu@fdacs.gov