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Spot Forecast for Shark Valley...NPS
National Weather Service Miami FL
158 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (305) 229-4522, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected throughout
the remainder of the day, which may result in erratic winds in and
near storms. Drier conditions are expected overnight, but the
chance for scattered showers and storms returns early Friday
morning and will continue off and on through much of the day.
Outside of storms, light south to southwest winds are expected to
continue. Fair to generally good dispersions expected.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms likely late in the afternoon,
                    then chance of showers and thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....32 decreasing to 22 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79  86  90
Weather cov.....LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........LKY LKY CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).60  60  50
Temp............84  87  84
RH..............74  68  74
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.18  16  15
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.1 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.12  12  10
Dispersion idx..35  28  22
LVORI...........3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight, then gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 9 mph shifting to the south 5 to
                    6 mph late in the evening.
Dispersion index....13 decreasing to 3 early in the evening.
LVORI...............7.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........92  79  85  72  72  60  57  58  57  46  54  64
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH         SCH     SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW          RW      RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH         SCH     SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).40  30  30  20  20  20  10  10  20  10  20  20
Temp............83  83  80  78  78  77  77  76  75  75  75  74
RH..............77  77  85  91  94  94  94  97  100 100 97  100
20 FT wind dir..W   W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.13  10  8   7   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   7   6   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   5
Dispersion idx..15  10  3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........4   4   5   7   7   7   8   8   8   9   8   9

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers
                    and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 35.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  42  50  42  58  76  71  74  71  74  71  69
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  30  40  40  50  50  60  60  50  50  50
Temp............73  75  76  79  83  83  84  86  85  86  88  86
RH..............100 97  100 94  80  77  77  70  72  70  63  68
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   3   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.8   8   9   12  14  15  16  17  18  18  18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.5 1.2 2.1 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10
Dispersion idx..3   3   6   12  23  30  31  30  29  31  33  36
LVORI...........9   9   6   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Rizzuto
Requested by...Patrick Edwards
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517174.1/MFL
.DELDT 07/03/25
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