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Spot Forecast for Union fire...Florida state parks
National Weather Service Miami FL
648 PM EDT Sat May 2 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 EDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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.DISCUSSION...
A weakening frontal boundary will approach the region as tonight
progresses. The chances of showers and thunderstorms will increase
at the burn site out ahead of this frontal boundary later this
evening and into the overnight. After this initial round of
shower and thunderstorm activity later this evening into the
overnight hours, there will be a lull in activity through Sunday
morning that will last into the early afternoon hours. Another
round of showers and thunderstorms will be possible later on
Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening. Maximum dispersion values on
Sunday will remain poor to fair at the burn site.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then
                    showers likely and chance of thunderstorms
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late evening
                    and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 15 mph.
Dispersion index....36 decreasing to 7 early in the evening.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........38  47  66  65  64  61  64  67  71  85  74
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   10  20  20  20  20  40  40  40  60
Temp............84  81  79  78  76  75  74  74  74  73  72
RH..............70  77  85  88  90  94  97  93  93  97  97
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..8   6   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.17  14  12  10  9   9   8   8   8   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  13  10  9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Dispersion idx..36  9   8   6   5   5   4   4   4   5   5
LVORI...........3   4   4   5   6   6   7   6   7   7   7

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph early in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 10 mph shifting to the north 7
                    to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 27.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  82  83  67  83  75  70  75  73  71  78  77
Weather cov.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC             SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).60  60  50  40  40  50  60  70  60  60  60  70
Temp............72  70  72  74  77  78  80  81  82  82  82  80
RH..............97  100 93  93  85  82  77  72  72  72  69  77
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   10  12  12  13  14  14  15  15  15  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.1
Transp wind dir.W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  N   N
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  9   8   7   7   8   8   9   9   10
Dispersion idx..6   7   17  20  20  21  22  25  26  27  27  27
LVORI...........7   8   5   5   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms early in the
                    evening, then slight chance of thunderstorms
                    early in the evening. Chance of showers early
                    in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....24 decreasing to 6 early in the evening.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........84  87  90  90  84  78  75  71  68  67  66  65
Weather cov.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).70  70  50  50  50  50  50  50  30  30  30  30
Temp............78  78  75  73  72  71  70  69  68  68  67  67
RH..............79  76  84  90  93  93  93  97  97  97  100 100
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.15  14  12  12  12  10  9   8   8   8   9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  12  10  9   8   7   7   6   6
Dispersion idx..25  22  8   8   8   7   6   5   4   4   4   5
LVORI...........3   3   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of showers
                    through the day. Chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 mph.
Dispersion index....10 increasing to 24 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 32 late in the morning increasing
                    to 50 in the afternoon decreasing to 42.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65  66  66  63  60  57  52  46  41  40  40  39
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  20  20  20  20  20  20  30  30  30  30
Temp............67  68  68  72  75  79  81  83  85  85  85  86
RH..............100 97  97  87  82  74  69  63  59  59  59  57
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  14  15  16  16  16  16  16  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.9 1.2 1.9 2.6 3.3 4.0 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.3 3.7
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Dispersion idx..5   6   14  20  27  32  45  51  54  52  48  42
LVORI...........8   8   5   4   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Caracozza
Requested by...Steven bass
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2612533.0/MFL
.DELDT 05/02/26
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