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Spot Forecast for Pumpkin Hill Creek 2N/2J Rx Burn...Florida Park Service
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
518 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 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...

Today, High pressure ridge sinks just south of the area today with
light southwest winds 5-10 mph before shifting southeast 10-15 mph
with passage of the Atlantic seabreeze mid afternoon and fair
dispersions. Tonight, winds turn southerly and lighten to 5-10 mph
after sunset and then under 5 mph from the southwest after midnight
under mostly clear skies. Friday, westerly winds will be light
again 5-10 mph with the Atlantic seabreeze moving over the site
by early afternoon as winds turn southeasterly. Dispersions will
be in the fair range.

.TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85  78  71  59  52  46  39  41  45  40  42  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   10  0   10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............65  65  66  70  74  79  82  84  85  86  85  84
RH..............97  97  93  84  74  58  49  46  45  43  45  48
Heat index (F)..65  65  66  70  74  79  83  84  85  86  85  85
Wind chill (F)..65  65  66  70  74  79  82  84  85  86  85  84
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   6   7   7   7   7   8   9   12  13
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   9   10  10  10  10  13  14  17  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.4 3.6 3.4 2.5 1.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   SW  S   S   SE  E
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   6   5   5   6   6   7   9   10  12
Dispersion idx..5   4   6   6   8   12  18  26  31  35  31  24
LVORI...........7   7   6   4   3   2   2   2   1   1   1   2

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........34  31  31  30  32  28  22  18  21  29  30  32
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............82  79  76  74  72  71  70  69  67  67  66  66
RH..............51  58  66  71  76  79  81  81  87  84  87  84
Heat index (F)..83  79  76  74  72  71  70  69  67  67  66  66
Wind chill (F)..82  79  76  74  72  71  70  69  67  67  66  66
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  12  9   7   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.17  17  14  10  9   7   7   7   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.12  10  10  10  9   9   9   8   8   7   7   7
Dispersion idx..17  10  7   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   4   4   4   5   5   5   6   5

.FRIDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  23  14  12  39  29  21  13  5   5   5   5
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............66  66  66  71  75  80  83  86  88  89  88  87
RH..............84  87  90  79  71  62  55  46  42  41  43  45
Heat index (F)..66  66  66  71  75  82  85  87  88  89  89  88
Wind chill (F)..66  66  66  71  75  80  83  86  88  89  88  87
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   5   6   5   5   6   7   8   9   9
20 FT wind gust.6   7   9   7   9   7   7   9   10  13  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.7 2.3 2.8 3.3 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   9   8   7   7   8   8   9   10  10
Dispersion idx..4   4   9   11  16  20  25  31  38  37  36  33
LVORI...........5   6   5   4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Bricker
Requested by...Allison Conboy
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411263.0/JAX
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Allison.Conboy@FloridaDEP.gov