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Spot Forecast for Charger 2 071726...USWFS
National Weather Service Miami FL
338 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 EDT on July 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (305) 229-4522, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather this morning with light winds that will increase out
of the south/south-southeast in the late morning and afternoon.
Wind gusts are expected up to 15-20 mph in absence of showers and
thunderstorms. However, chances for showers and storms increase in
the afternoon, peaking between 2-5 PM. Scattered shower and
thunderstorm coverage will be around the area, but could avoid
hitting the burn site directly for much of the day as well.
Dispersion indices will be generally good today with any smoke
expected to drift to the north with the south to south-southeast
winds.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 13 mph.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 58 late in the morning, decreasing to
36 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........56  58  49  51  55  52  43  52  64  72  73  70
Weather cov.....                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  30  40  40  40  30
Temp............74  73  76  81  86  88  89  89  90  91  90  91
RH..............97  100 100 88  75  68  66  64  62  60  60  58
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.6   7   8   10  12  14  16  17  17  17  17  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.2 0.5 1.4 2.5 3.5 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.4
Transp wind dir.SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   7   8   10  12  13  13  13  12  10  10  9
Dispersion idx..2   3   7   17  31  57  59  49  55  37  34  37
LVORI...........9   9   7   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....18 decreasing to 4 early in the evening.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........72     59     28     32     26     27
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20     10     0      0      0      0
Temp............88     84     78     76     75     74
RH..............66     74     91     94     94     97
20 FT wind dir..S      S      SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT wind spd..3      2      2      2      2      2
20 FT wind gust.15     8      7      8      8      8
Mix hgt (ft)....2600   800    500    500    400    400
Transport wind..S 8    S 7    S 8    S 8    S 8    SE 8
Dispersion idx..22     3      3      4      4      4
LVORI...........2      3      6      6      6      8

$$
Forecaster...Redman
Requested by...Orlando Genao
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617546.2/MFL
.DELDT 07/18/26
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