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Spot Forecast for WA-01 RX...Florida Forest Service
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
903 AM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 17.
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...

Light easterly winds this morning will become more southeasterly
to southerly this afternoon. Mixing heights will top out around
4,500-5,000 feet, which will lead to fair dispersions today.
Relative humidity will bottom out in the mid to upper 20s this
afternoon. Winds will become light and variable tonight with no
fog expected.

Winds will increase tomorrow out of the southeast to south on
Friday, resulting in good dispersions. Humidity will also be
higher, only dropping into the lower 40s.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southeast 5 to
                    6 mph in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Dispersion index....14 increasing to 27 late in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0   1   1   1   3   2   2   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............55  65  71  75  78  79  81  82  80
RH..............74  48  39  33  31  30  28  28  29
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   SE  SE  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   2   2   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 2.1 2.9 3.5 4.1 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.6
Transp wind dir.NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  S   S
Transp wind spd.6   7   7   7   6   5   5   6   6
Dispersion......9   18  25  28  28  28  27  26  27
LVORI...........3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east 8 to 9
                    mph after 3 am.
LVORI...............4.
Dispersion index....19 decreasing to 3 early in the evening.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   2   3   2   4   4   3   4   3   5   5   14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............80  77  71  68  64  62  60  60  59  58  57  57
RH..............29  35  46  49  58  60  67  64  64  72  77  80
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   E
20 FT wind spd..2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
20 FT wind gust.8   8   7   6   5   3   3   3   5   6   6   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   7   7   6   5   5   5   7   8   9
Dispersion......23  15  4   3   3   2   2   2   2   3   4   4
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 17 mph shifting to the south 13
                    to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 18 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 36 late in the morning increasing
                    to 59 late in the morning decreasing to 47.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15  10  15  2   0   2   5   10  12  10  7   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............57  56  58  64  73  77  79  80  82  82  83  83
RH..............83  90  96  87  66  60  56  52  49  47  44  43
20 FT wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..1   2   2   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.9   10  12  13  15  16  17  17  17  16  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.8
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   12  15  17  17  16  15  14  14  13
Dispersion......4   4   9   18  36  56  61  62  61  55  50  44
LVORI...........5   6   5   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Young
Requested by...Clint Evans
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510867.0/TAE
.DELDT 04/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL clinton.evans@fdacs.gov