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Spot Forecast for Guana River WMA...FWC
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
742 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on April 18.
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.

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure ridge will be south of the area today with light
southerly winds 6-8 mph becoming east to southeasterly with the
passage of the Atlantic seabreeze at 10-15mph in the early
afternoon under mostly sunny skies. Dispersions will be in the
low end fair range. Tonight, southeast winds will be 10-15 mph
and become south to southwesterly 5-10 mph after midnight under
mostly clear skies.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63  48  47  41  31  29  38  41  41  35
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............66  71  75  79  82  83  83  83  83  82
RH..............93  81  71  62  53  51  51  51  53  55
Heat index (F)..66  71  75  79  83  85  85  85  84  83
Wind chill (F)..66  71  75  79  82  84  84  84  83  82
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   8   8   9   10  12  13  13
20 FT wind gust.9   10  13  13  13  14  16  17  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.2 0.9
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   7   8   9   10  12  12
Dispersion idx..7   6   8   11  15  20  24  21  17  14
LVORI...........6   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........36  30  22  20  23  24  22  21  24  30  38  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............80  78  75  74  72  71  70  69  68  67  66  67
RH..............58  64  74  76  81  81  84  84  87  87  90  84
Heat index (F)..82  78  75  74  72  71  70  69  68  67  66  67
Wind chill (F)..80  78  75  74  72  71  70  69  68  67  66  67
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..14  13  12  9   8   7   6   6   6   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.21  20  17  14  13  10  9   9   9   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  13  13  12  10  9   8   8   7   7
Dispersion idx..11  10  10  9   8   7   6   5   4   4   3   4
LVORI...........2   3   3   4   4   4   4   5   5   6   6   5

.FRIDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........32  23  13  9   27  29  22  14  7   6   5   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............67  66  66  71  77  82  82  82  82  82  82  82
RH..............84  87  90  81  69  61  53  50  50  50  50  53
Heat index (F)..67  66  66  71  77  85  87  89  89  89  89  87
Wind chill (F)..67  66  66  71  77  82  85  87  87  87  87  85
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   6   6   6   7   8   9   10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.7   7   9   9   9   9   10  13  14  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  W   W   W   S   S   S   SE  SE
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   7   6   6   7   8   9   9   10  10
Dispersion idx..3   4   8   8   11  14  17  22  27  26  25  23
LVORI...........6   6   5   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2

$$
Forecaster...Villafane
Requested by...FWC
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411308.0/JAX
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wade.brenner@myfwc.com