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Spot Forecast for Balu Forest 1H...Alachua County Environmental Protection
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1239 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on July 17.
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 will be centered to the east through Tonight. The high
will begin to move toward the southeast Friday as a trough develops
across the southeastern US. Daily chances for showers and thunderstorms
are forecast, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  32  41  44  48  56  60  69  70
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    CHC CHC CHC LKY
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  20  20  40  50  50  60
Temp............80  85  88  90  92  93  92  91  90
RH..............88  77  70  64  60  58  58  60  62
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..7   9   10  10  9   9   9   8   8
20 FT wind gust.10  14  16  16  14  14  14  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.5 3.3 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.8 4.1 3.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  12  10  9   8   7   7
Dispersion idx..25  39  51  53  52  37  33  29  27
LVORI...........4   3   3   1   1   1   1   2   2

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........63  61  66  65  60  56  45  29  21  18  18  20
Weather cov.....CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC LKY SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50  60  30  30  30  20  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............89  88  85  83  81  79  77  77  76  76  75  74
RH..............64  66  75  80  82  88  90  90  90  90  94  97
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   7   5   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.13  13  10  7   6   6   6   6   6   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6   5   5   5   5
Dispersion idx..22  14  5   5   4   3   3   3   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........2   3   4   4   5   6   6   6   6   7   7   8

$$
Forecaster...Struble
Requested by...David Hoyt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2518130.0/JAX
.DELDT 07/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dhoyt@alachuacounty.us