Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
896 FNUS72 KJAX 081338 FWSJAX Spot Forecast for 130/190 Training Example...Florida Forest Service National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 938 AM EDT Tue Sep 8 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on September 08. 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. .DISCUSSION... High pressure to the north will shift more to the north northeast through this evening as an inverted trough persists offshore to the east. Moist, onshore flow and a tighter local pressure gradient will deliver breezy east northeasterly winds today 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Scattered showers over the coastal waters will move onshore the SE GA coast and into inland NE FL through this afternoon with an isolated thunderstorm near the site through sunset. Dispersions in the good range today from breezy surface and transport winds from the east northeast. Tonight, the trough will move onshore and weaken over the area. Shower chances will diminish after 10PM with decreasing winds 5-10 mph with gusts to 15 mph before midnight. Skies will become mostly clear with an occasional light shower possible. Wednesday, chances for showers and thunderstorms increase over the site area as a frontal boundary remains to the south with high pressure to the northeast. Easterly winds 8-12 mph will prevail with gusts to 20 mph. Dispersions will again be in the good range from the breezy surface and transport easterly winds. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........49 61 57 57 59 56 57 54 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).20 30 40 40 30 30 40 30 Chc of thdr (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............82 86 88 88 88 87 86 86 RH..............82 72 68 68 68 68 72 70 Heat index (F)..89 96 99 99 99 96 96 95 20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust.18 20 21 21 21 23 24 23 Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.13 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 Dispersion idx..38 50 53 53 53 53 53 56 LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........36 35 43 25 25 21 22 20 28 24 24 42 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Chc of thdr (%).10 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 Temp............84 82 79 78 77 77 76 76 75 75 74 74 RH..............74 79 85 88 90 90 94 94 100 100 100 100 Heat index (F)..92 89 79 78 77 77 76 76 75 75 74 74 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..12 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 3 20 FT wind gust.24 21 18 16 15 14 13 10 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 1.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.E NE NE E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.15 14 13 12 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 Dispersion idx..45 31 9 7 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 LVORI...........3 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........39 37 31 29 37 46 58 59 76 69 65 62 Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 0 20 30 40 60 50 50 40 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 40 40 40 40 Temp............74 74 76 78 82 85 86 87 87 87 86 85 RH..............100 100 97 94 85 77 75 72 72 70 72 75 Heat index (F)..74 74 76 78 90 96 97 99 99 98 96 94 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 2.4 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.4 Transp wind dir.E NE NE E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 Dispersion idx..3 3 7 14 25 38 41 46 38 39 39 38 LVORI...........9 9 6 5 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 $$ Forecaster...Bricker Requested by...Sierra Blackwell Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2621416.0/JAX .DELDT 09/08/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL sierra.blackwell@fdacs.gov,michelle.maylon@fdacs.gov