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Spot Forecast for Double spike...USFS
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1035 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 EDT on July 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...
Light west-southwest winds overnight increase to around 5 mph
Friday afternoon. Showers and storms will be near the fire between
2 PM and 8 PM. Isolated strong to severe storms will be possible
capable of producing gusty, erratic winds, heavy downpours and
frequent lightning. Good to fair dispersions prevail on Friday.
Temperatures will rise to the low 90s Friday afternoon with peak
heat indices in the 100-105 F range.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........33  29  30  42  48  46  43
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............77  77  76  76  75  74  74
RH..............94  94  97  94  97  100 100
Heat index (F)..77  77  76  76  75  74  74
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.10  10  9   8   8   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   7   7   7   7
Dispersion idx..4   4   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........6   6   8   7   8   9   9

.FRIDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37  39  28  18  26  33  41  43  57  63  70  68
Weather cov.....                                CHC CHC LKY CHC
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC LKY CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   10  10  40  50  60  50
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   10  10  40  50  60  50
Temp............74  72  74  78  84  87  90  91  93  93  93  92
RH..............100 100 100 97  80  72  66  62  56  54  54  56
Heat index (F)..74  72  74  78  94  99  103 103 105 103 103 102
20 FT wind dir..SW  N   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..1   0   1   1   1   2   3   3   3   3   3   5
20 FT wind gust.7   7   6   6   6   7   9   10  12  12  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 0.8 1.4 2.1 2.7 3.6 4.5 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.7   7   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   7
Dispersion idx..3   3   6   11  17  24  32  43  54  50  43  37
LVORI...........9   9   9   6   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Chaney
Requested by...Shawn Kinghorn
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618713.0/JAX
.DELDT 07/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wesley.woodrome@usda.gov,kinghorn33@gmail.com