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Spot Forecast for Ashley...NPS
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
514 AM EDT Tue Jul 29 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on July 29.
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.

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING FROM NOON THROUGH 7 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...MARGINALLY LOW DAYTIME DISPERSION VALUES TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered mainly late afternoon and early evening showers and
thunderstorms will be possible at the wildfire site today.
Very hot and humid weather will otherwise continue today,
with highs in the mid 90s and peak heat index values of
110-115 degrees during the early and mid afternoon hours.
Otherwise, light southwesterly surface and transport winds this
morning will shift to southeasterly during the early afternoon
hours following the passage of the sea breeze boundary.
Marginally low daytime dispersion values are expected today.
Surface and transport winds will then shift to southerly before
sunset this evening and then to southwesterly overnight, with
diminishing speeds expected. Southwesterly surface and transport
winds will be slightly stronger on Wednesday morning, with winds
again shifting to southeasterly by the mid-afternoon hours.
Only widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms are forecast near the wildfire site on Wednesday
and Thursday.


.TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24  15  13  17  15  16  12  26  20  15  14  29
Weather cov.....                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  30  30  30  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  30  30  30  40
Temp............80  79  82  86  90  92  94  94  93  92  90  89
RH..............85  91  85  75  65  60  60  55  60  60  70  70
Heat index (F)..90  90  92  99  105 107 110 112 110 110 108 105
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   3   5   6   6   7   8   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   6   7   9   9   10  13  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   SE  SE  SE  S
Transp wind spd.9   8   7   6   6   6   6   7   8   10  12  13
Dispersion idx..5   4   7   10  10  15  15  20  20  20  20  20
LVORI...........5   5   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35  27  26  29  33  48  33  30  34  24  23  21
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  20  20  10  10  0   10  0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).40  30  20  20  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0
Temp............88  86  84  82  82  81  80  80  79  79  78  78
RH..............70  75  80  88  85  88  91  88  91  91  94  94
Heat index (F)..100 97  92  90  88  88  88  86  86  79  79  79
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   8   8   7   6   5   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.10  13  13  10  9   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.13  12  12  10  9   8   7   6   6   6   6   6
Dispersion idx..20  20  10  6   5   5   4   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........3   4   4   5   5   5   6   5   6   6   6   6

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  17  22  8   14  19  19  18  18  19  20  21
Weather cov.....                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   30  30  30  30
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   30  30  30  30
Temp............78  78  82  85  89  92  94  94  94  93  92  90
RH..............94  94  85  77  70  64  60  60  60  60  60  70
Heat index (F)..79  86  89  96  102 106 109 109 109 109 107 105
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   6   7   8   9   12  13  14
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   7   7   9   10  13  14  17  20  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   9   12  13  14
Dispersion idx..3   3   10  15  20  25  25  25  30  30  30  25
LVORI...........6   6   4   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Nelson
Requested by...Megan Hurrell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518733.1/JAX
.DELDT 07/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL megan_hurrell@nps.gov