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FNUS72 KJAX 152024
FWSJAX

Spot Forecast for Mailbox...USFS
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
424 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1650 EDT on July 15.
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...

A west to northwest flow will continue through the rest of the
afternoon with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. This chance
of showers and storms will continue through the late evening.
Dispersions will continue to be a bit elevated due to the
breezier surface and transport winds.

A similar pattern is expected on Thursday with the best
chance of shower and a thunderstorm for the afternoon.

Be aware of the potential for variable wind directions and
gusts from nearby thunderstorms both today and Thursday.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........55  52
Weather cov.....CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30
Chc of thdr (%).10  10
Temp............92  92
RH..............52  52
Heat index (F)..100 100
20 FT wind dir..W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   7
20 FT wind gust.16  15
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   W
Transp wind spd.10  10
Dispersion idx..50  41
LVORI...........1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45  51  54  53  57  58  48  49  49  31  37  29
Weather cov.....SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  30  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  20  20  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............90  87  84  81  79  78  77  76  75  74  74  73
RH..............56  63  70  77  82  85  88  87  90  93  90  93
Heat index (F)..97  94  90  86  79  78  77  76  75  74  74  73
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   N   N   N   N   N   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
20 FT wind gust.14  12  9   8   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   8   7   6   5   5   5   5   6   6   7   7
Dispersion idx..27  15  3   3   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3
LVORI...........2   2   3   4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6

$$
Forecaster...Shashy
Requested by...Nick Michels
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617313.1/JAX
.DELDT 07/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Nick.Michels@usda.gov