Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
442 FNUS72 KJAX 271835 FWSJAX Spot Forecast for Mitchell...USWFS National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 235 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1517 EDT on August 27. 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... Another round of showers and thunderstorms will potentially impact the wildfire site during the late afternoon and evening hours. Any activity that redevelops later today or this evening will diminish by the mid-evening hours tonight. A few showers could impact the site around sunrise on Friday, with dry weather then expected from the early morning through the mid afternoon hours. Showers and thunderstorms will then move across the wildfire site during the mid to late afternoon hours on Friday. Southwesterly surface and transport winds will prevail through around sunset, followed by winds shifting to southerly while diminishing later this evening. Southwesterly surface and transport winds will prevail on Friday, creating good daytime dispersion values. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........70 73 75 Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC LKY LKY Chc of pcpn (%).50 60 60 Chc of thdr (%).50 60 60 Temp............88 90 85 RH..............60 60 65 Heat index (F)..97 99 93 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.10 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 3.2 2.6 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW Transp wind spd.9 9 9 Dispersion idx..45 40 35 LVORI...........1 1 3 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........73 74 75 77 77 74 60 56 51 54 55 53 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).50 40 30 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Chc of thdr (%).50 40 30 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Temp............84 81 76 74 74 74 73 73 72 72 71 71 RH..............70 74 90 100 97 97 97 97 100 97 100 100 Heat index (F)..91 86 76 74 74 74 73 73 72 72 71 71 20 FT wind dir..SW S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT wind gust.12 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.SW S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Dispersion idx..25 15 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 LVORI...........3 4 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 .FRIDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........56 54 36 41 36 42 49 56 68 75 77 75 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 60 Chc of thdr (%).10 10 10 10 10 20 30 30 50 60 60 50 Temp............71 70 72 75 81 84 86 87 88 87 89 84 RH..............100 100 100 100 88 80 72 70 66 70 64 74 Heat index (F)..71 70 72 75 88 94 96 98 98 98 99 92 20 FT wind dir..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..1 1 0 0 2 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.6 6 3 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.4 4.0 4.6 3.7 2.8 1.9 Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S Transp wind spd.7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 8 7 Dispersion idx..3 5 10 15 25 35 45 55 55 45 30 20 LVORI...........9 9 8 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 $$ Forecaster...Nelson Requested by...Sam Jerman Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2620618.1/JAX .DELDT 08/27/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL samuel_jerman@fws.gov