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Spot Forecast for Big Pine Key Fire...USWFS
National Weather Service Key West FL
537 AM EDT Tue Aug 11 2026

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (305) 295-1316 ext 3, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Drier conditions expected to continue over the next couple of
days, with shower and thunderstorm chances slight to none. Skies
will be mostly clear. Winds will continue their downward trend
with gentle to moderate this morning becoming light by tomorrow
afternoon. As a result, the dispersion index will trend downwards,
with a peak of around 60 today, a minimum of 5 or less overnight,
and peaking in the mid 30s tomorrow. LVORI will be around 1
today, 3 to 4 tonight, and 1 to 2 tomorrow.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds 6 to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.

TIME (EDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............84     89     92     93     92     91
RH..............80     68     62     60     62     64
20 ft wind......E 12   E 10   E 10   E 10   E 9    E 9
20 ft wind gust.16     14     14     14     13     13
Eye level wind..E 8    E 7    E 7    E 7    E 6    E 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.11     10     10     10     9      9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...MISSING.
Min temperature.....Around 84.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds 5 to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
Temp............91     87     86     86     86     85
RH..............64     72     75     75     75     75
20 ft wind......E 9    E 9    E 9    E 8    E 7    E 7
20 ft wind gust.13     13     13     12     9      9
Eye level wind..E 6    E 6    E 6    E 6    E 5    E 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9      9      9      8      6      6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......Less than 10 percent.
Chance of thunder...Less than 10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 5 mph decreasing to around 4
                    mph late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph in the morning becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).<10       <10       <10       <10
Chc of thdr (%).<10       <10       <10       <10
Temp............84        89        91        92
RH..............77        68        64        60
20 FT wind......E 7G9     E 7G9     E 5G7     E 5G7
Eye level wind..E 5G6     E 5G6     E 4G5     E 4G5

$$
Forecaster...11
Requested by...Timothy Horton
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619198.3/KEY
.DELDT 08/11/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Timothy_horton@fws.gov