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Spot Forecast for SMR Unit 324...USFWS
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
417 AM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on June 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (850) 942-8833, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Generally low rain chances are expected today with a 30 percent
chance of rain. Scattered showers and storms will generally move
northward near the site between 12 PM and 4 PM this afternoon.
Lightning and gusty, erratic winds would be possible. Otherwise,
good dispersions are expected this afternoon with southerly
transport winds around 15 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon, then slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent early in
                    the afternoon, then increasing to 30 percent
                    late in the afternoon decreasing to 20 percent
                    late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........64 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.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 15 mph.
LVORI...............4.
Dispersion index....3 increasing to 13 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 26 late in the morning increasing
                    to 44 late in the morning increasing to 65
                    decreasing to 57 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........34  16  19  21  22  28  34  37  27  27  31
Weather cov.....PTY                 SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....FOG                 RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  20  20  30  30  30  20
Temp............74  78  81  85  87  87  89  89  89  89  88
RH..............97  94  88  75  68  68  64  64  64  64  66
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   3   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  12  13  14  15  16  17  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.0 1.9 2.8 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   8   10  13  14  15  15  15  15  15  14
Dispersion......3   13  26  44  62  67  68  67  64  62  57
LVORI...........7   5   4   3   2   2   2   2   2   1   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............4.
Dispersion index....47 decreasing to 5.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28  24  16  21  27  17  22  38  21  34  21  30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............87  86  83  81  80  79  78  77  77  77  76  76
RH..............68  70  77  82  85  88  91  90  90  88  94  90
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.15  13  13  10  10  9   8   8   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 2.3 1.8 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  13  12  10  9   8   8   7   7   7   7   8
Dispersion......47  37  6   5   4   4   3   3   3   3   4   4
LVORI...........2   3   3   4   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............4.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 18 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 28 late in the morning increasing
                    to 41 late in the morning increasing to 50
                    decreasing to 43 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  45  39  38  41  45  46  49  50  49  48  47
Weather cov.....        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0   0   30  30  30  30  30  30  50  50  50  50
Temp............76  75  78  82  85  86  87  87  88  88  88  88
RH..............90  94  91  82  75  70  68  68  66  66  66  66
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   2   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   9   10  12  13  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  12  13  14  14  13  13  13  13  13
Dispersion......5   5   18  28  41  52  52  51  53  50  47  43
LVORI...........5   5   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

$$
Forecaster...Young
Requested by...T. Pollard
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2516066.0/TAE
.DELDT 06/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL travis_pollard@fws.gov