Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
451 FNUS72 KJAX 081945 FWSJAX Spot Forecast for MONDEX 3 (54)...FFS National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 345 PM EDT Fri May 8 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 EDT on May 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. ...HIGH DISPERSION POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY... .DISCUSSION... A cold front is located just south of the fire with a northeast wind expected the rest of the afternoon. The front will lift back north as a warm front late tonight. Winds will be go light tonight, and then become south and then southwest to west on Saturday. Due to the front, dispersion will be fairly low rest of today near 25-30. The front is north of the wildfire site Saturday, and so dispersion will be much higher toward about 75-80 during peak heating. Through this evening, there is a very good chance of showers and thunderstorms which should diminish by late evening. A chance of showers and storms are expected again Saturday afternoon. Isolated strong storms are possible later this afternoon and again on Saturday, with frequent lightning, gusty winds and some hail possible. Expect patchy fog late tonight and early Saturday which may produce superfog at times near the site. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........86 89 Weather cov.....LKY DEF Weather type....RW RW Tstm cov........LKY LKY Chc of pcpn (%).70 80 Chc of thdr (%).50 50 Temp............86 85 RH..............53 57 Heat index (F)..89 88 20 FT wind dir..NE NE 20 FT wind spd..7 7 20 FT wind gust.13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.1 Transp wind dir.NE E Transp wind spd.9 9 Dispersion idx..24 22 LVORI...........2 3 .TONIGHT... TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........88 89 91 93 93 94 93 92 91 91 90 90 Weather cov.....DEF LKY CHC SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........LKY LKY SCH Chc of pcpn (%).80 70 40 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Chc of thdr (%).50 50 20 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 Temp............84 81 77 74 72 71 70 69 69 69 68 68 RH..............59 65 84 87 93 93 97 100 100 100 100 100 Heat index (F)..87 84 77 74 72 71 70 69 69 69 68 68 20 FT wind dir..NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT wind gust.13 13 10 7 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S Transp wind spd.9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 Dispersion idx..18 14 6 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 .SATURDAY... TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........88 89 88 80 73 74 55 64 77 77 75 76 Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY SCH SCH CHC Weather type....FOG FOG FOG RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 Temp............68 68 70 75 80 84 87 89 89 90 90 89 RH..............100 100 100 94 82 72 63 58 56 52 52 54 Heat index (F)..68 68 70 75 85 91 94 96 95 96 96 94 20 FT wind dir..SE S S S S SW SW SW W W W W 20 FT wind spd..1 1 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.2 2 3 9 9 10 13 14 15 15 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.7 4.6 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.4 Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W Transp wind spd.5 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 13 14 13 13 Dispersion idx..2 2 6 11 20 33 51 68 76 79 73 62 LVORI...........7 7 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ Forecaster...Shashy Requested by...DAVIS Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2613174.0/JAX .DELDT 05/08/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL GREGORY.DAVIS4@FDACS.GOV