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Spot Forecast for Lake Okeechobee- Steamboat Marsh...South Florida Water Management District
National Weather Service Miami FL
426 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (305) 229-4522, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly dry at the burn site today with the exception of an isolated shower
during the afternoon hours. Winds will remain out of a southerly direction
with relative humidity values remaining above critical thresholds. Transport
winds will increase during the mid to late morning hours resulting in excellent
dispersion values. Rain chances increase after midnight as a frontal boundary
approaches the region.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 22 mph.
Dispersion index....29 increasing to 99.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   0   3   10  24  28  32  22  8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  0
Temp............74  78  82  84  87  88  89  90  89
RH..............85  74  66  61  53  50  50  46  46
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   9   10  9   10  12  12
20 FT wind gust.14  16  17  17  17  17  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.6 3.6 4.6 5.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.14  16  17  18  20  20  21  22  22
Dispersion idx..29  52  72  79  86  92  96  100 101
LVORI...........4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers overnight. Chance of showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 21 mph.
Dispersion index....83 decreasing to 10.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........10     17     38     52     51     63
Weather cov.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      10     30     40
Temp............88     82     79     76     75     74
RH..............49     65     77     85     90     92
20 FT wind dir..SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT wind spd..12     9      8      8      8      8
20 FT wind gust.17     16     14     13     13     13
Mix hgt (ft)....4500   900    700    600    700    800
Transport wind..SW 21  SW 17  SW 14  SW 13  SW 15  SW 13
Dispersion idx..83     13     8      10     11     10
LVORI...........1      3      4      5      5      6

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest
                    5 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 13 mph shifting to the northwest in
                    the afternoon.
Dispersion index....9 increasing to 35.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........84           70           79
Weather cov.....CHANCE       CHANCE       CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR       RNSHWR       RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC        S CHC        S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40           40           40
Temp............72           72           75
RH..............93           90           74
20 FT wind dir..SW           NW           NW
20 FT wind spd..7            7            8
20 FT wind gust.12           13           14
Mix hgt (ft)....1100         1900         2700
Transport wind..SW 12        NW 12        NW 12
Dispersion idx..9            28           35
LVORI...........7            4            3

$$
Forecaster...Hadi
Requested by...Andrew West
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/07/25
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