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Spot Forecast for Voltolina Forest...SJRWMD
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
324 PM EDT Thu Sep 24 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EDT on September 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

.FRIDAY...

North winds remain breezy Friday with gusts 25-30 mph near the coast,
and Good to Very Good smoke dispersion is forecast. There are no
critical RH concerns. Rounds of coastal onshore moving showers are
forecast, and lightning chances remain low.

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the morning. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 15 to 17 mph with gusts to around
                    28 mph. Gusty and erratic winds possible near
                    thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL increasing to 3600 ft AGL late in
                    the morning.
Transport winds.....North 17 to 21 mph.
Dispersion index....16 increasing to 64.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38  31  37  23  30  32  43  36  37  49  44  40
Weather cov.....SCH                         SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW                          RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                SCH SCH SHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  40  40  30  30
Temp............75  75  75  77  81  82  83  82  82  83  80  79
RH..............87  87  90  85  77  74  72  74  74  72  77  79
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  16  15  16  16  17  17  17  17  17
20 FT wind gust.24  23  22  22  22  23  25  25  25  26  28  26
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.4 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.8
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.17  17  17  18  18  18  18  20  18  21  21  21
Dispersion idx..16  15  32  44  52  59  64  66  67  68  67  63
LVORI...........4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms
                    early in the evening, then slight chance of
                    showers early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 17 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds possible near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 21 mph decreasing to around 10 mph
                    after 3 am.
Dispersion index....56 decreasing to 11.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........34  38  42  48  44  41  33  28  24  31  23  21
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  20  20  20  20  20  20  10  10  10  0
Temp............79  77  75  75  75  74  74  73  73  73  72  72
RH..............77  79  82  82  79  82  82  81  81  79  84  81
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..17  16  14  13  13  12  12  10  10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.26  25  22  22  20  18  18  17  16  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 1.7 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.21  20  16  16  15  14  14  12  12  10  10  10
Dispersion idx..56  45  15  15  13  11  9   8   8   7   7   7
LVORI...........3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL increasing to 4100 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 13 mph.
Dispersion index....9 increasing to 43.
LVORI...............4 decreasing to 1 in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26  16  11  11  10  8   10  11  13  13  13  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............71  70  71  74  78  81  81  81  81  81  80  79
RH..............84  87  84  82  71  65  65  63  63  63  62  64
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9   10  12  12  13  13  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.15  15  14  14  14  14  15  15  16  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.7 1.9 2.7 3.1 3.6 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  12  12  13  13  13  13  13
Dispersion idx..7   7   10  26  35  39  42  45  46  45  45  42
LVORI...........4   4   4   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Law
Requested by...Chris OHara
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 09/24/26
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.EMAIL cohara@sjrwmd.com