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Spot Forecast for Forest/West Port Graduation...Marion County Public Schools
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1133 AM EDT Fri May 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 EDT on May 30.
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...

Showers and embedded thunderstorms will develop over the northeast
Gulf early on Saturday morning and will move inland, potentially
impacting the event site as early as 9 AM. Severe thunderstorms
are not anticipated, but an isolated strong storm containing
frequent lightning strikes and briefly gusty winds of 30-40 mph
will be possible after 10 AM through around 3 PM. Showers and
thunderstorms will then decrease in coverage at the event site
after 4 PM. Temperatures will likely climb into the mid to upper
80s late in the afternoon as rainfall diminishes, with heat index
values rising to the mid 90s.

.SATURDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........82  81  79  75  71  65  65  65  72  72  66  59
Weather cov.....        SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10  30  20  30  30  40  40  50  60  60  50  40
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  30  30  30  60  60  50  40
Temp............73  73  75  78  81  83  85  86  86  87  87  87
RH..............93  93  90  88  82  77  75  70  70  65  63  63
Heat index (F)..73  73  75  78  87  90  94  95  95  95  94  94
Surface wnd dir.W   N   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.1   0   1   2   5   7   8   9   10  12  12  12
Surface wnd gst.2       2   3   12  14  15  16  18  20  21  21

$$
Forecaster...Nelson
Requested by...John Barattini
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2614653.0/JAX
.DELDT 05/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL john.barattini@marion.k12.fl.us