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Spot Forecast for Blackberry Burn-Cypress Bend...Indian River Conservation Lands Division
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
358 PM EDT Wed Apr 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions as high pressure shifts over the eastern seaboard
and Florida, but onshore flow will allow some moisture recovery
along the coastal corridor, resulting in min RHs 45-50 pct. NNE-NE
winds 10-15 mph with gusts to 20 mph this afternoon diminish 5-10
mph tonight and Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon, winds shift
to the NE-ENE and pick back up to 10-15 mph with gusts to 20 mph
in an early, diffuse east coast sea breeze. Cycle repeats
Thursday night into Friday, with winds gradually shifting to the
E-ESE. Dispersion values Very Good.


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, shifting to the
east at 10-15 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 3900-4200 ft AGL in
the late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 to 15 mph, shifting to the east
in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 44 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4 decreasing to 1 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   2   2   3   3   4   5   5   6   6   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............61  64  68  74  76  78  78  79  79  78  79
RH..............79  73  63  51  48  46  46  45  46  49  49
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   10  12  13  13  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  14  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 3.2 3.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   NE
Transp wind spd.10  10  13  12  12  10  12  13  12  12  12
Dispersion idx..5   9   42  48  48  39  43  45  44  42  40
LVORI...........4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......2500-3100 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early
in the evening.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.
Dispersion index....Decreasing to 7 early in the evening.
LVORI...............Increasing to 4 early in the evening.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........7   8   9   9   8   8   7   6   6   8   10  13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  75  73  70  69  68  67  67  66  66  65  65
RH..............53  57  62  69  72  76  77  79  81  82  83  84
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..10  9   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   8
20 FT wind gust.14  14  13  13  13  13  14  14  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...3.1 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  12  9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  9   9
Dispersion idx..39  33  6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7
LVORI...........1   1   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 10 mph increasing to 10-15
mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......600-1000 ft AGL increasing to 4200-4600 ft AGL
in the late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph increasing to around 15 mph
in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....Increasing to 63.
LVORI...............Decreasing to 1 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  10  9   8   7   6   7   9   10  8   7   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............66  66  67  71  74  78  79  79  80  80  79  79
RH..............83  82  81  71  64  56  54  54  52  52  56  56
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..9   9   10  12  13  14  15  15  15  15  15  14
20 FT wind gust.15  16  16  17  18  20  20  21  21  21  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.8 1.0 2.1 3.2 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  15  16  17  17  17  16  16  16  16
Dispersion idx..8   9   20  37  52  64  64  65  63  62  61  60
LVORI...........4   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Haley
Requested by...Ashley Lingwood
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510738.0/MLB
.DELDT 04/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL alingwood@indianriver.gov