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Spot Forecast for WK-F1 and F3 burn...Wakulla Springs State Park
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
409 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on April 23.
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...
Easterly transport winds will shift southerly through the day,
but remaining around 5-10 mph. Expect mixing heights to be around
5000 feet but, due to the lighter winds, dispersion indices will
be fair in the 40s today. MinRH values today will be in the low
30%s. No further fire weather concerns.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............64  69  71  74  76  76  76  76
RH..............56  44  39  35  33  34  36  36
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   3   5   3   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.6   7   9   7   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  S   S
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   7   7   6   6   6
Dispersion......29  42  43  42  40  38  36  35
LVORI...........2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   2   2   3   3   3   3   2   3   2   2   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............75  73  69  65  62  60  58  56  55  54  53  52
RH..............36  40  47  56  62  64  69  74  77  80  80  83
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.7   6   3   2   2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  N
Transp wind spd.6   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   3
Dispersion......26  17  3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   5

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  13  12  5   4   6   3   3   4   4   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............53  52  54  60  67  73  77  79  80  80  80  80
RH..............83  86  80  72  61  51  45  42  41  42  42  44
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   0   1   1   2   3   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.        2   2   2   3   3   5   7   8   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.4 2.3 3.3 4.1 4.9 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4
Transp wind dir.N   NE  NE  E   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.3   3   5   6   6   7   7   6   6   6   7   7
Dispersion......2   2   4   9   18  29  35  36  40  39  45  46
LVORI...........5   5   4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Montgomery
Requested by...Patricia Wilbur
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411867.0/TAE
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL patricia.wilbur@dep.state.fl.us