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Spot Forecast for WBTWMA - Unit 20A-South Continuation...FWC
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
409 AM EDT Tue Jun 24 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on June 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Onshore winds will persist the next few days. Speeds
increasing up to around 10 mph with some higher gusts expected,
especially following sea breeze passage in the afternoon. Lower
than normal shower and lightning storm chances are expected through
mid-week as drier air resides across the area. However, due to an
upper air disturbance approaching the area, a few strong afternoon
storms are possible on Wednesday and Thursday. Increasing rain
chances are forecast Thursday into the weekend. Continued warm/humid
with peak afternoon heat indices approaching 100F.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (15-25 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL increasing to 5100 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 13 mph.
Dispersion index....Increasing to around 61.
LVORI...............4 decreasing to 1.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  18  24  20  28  25  17  17  8
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  20  20  20  10  10
Temp............81  85  86  89  89  89  89  90  89
RH..............83  68  66  61  58  58  57  57  58
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   5   7   8   9   10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.                13  15  15  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 3.6 4.1 4.6 4.9 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.0
Transp wind dir.E   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   10  12  12  13  12
Dispersion idx..25  31  38  50  60  61  59  63  57
LVORI...........4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL decreasing to 400 ft AGL early in
                    the evening.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 12 mph decreasing to around 2 mph.
Dispersion index....Decreasing to 2 or 3.
LVORI...............1 increasing to 8.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........6      20     20     9      14     17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     0      0      0      10
Temp............88     84     80     78     76     75
RH..............60     68     79     86     92     93
20 ft wind......E 8    E 6    E 5    E 2    E 1    E 1
20 ft wind gust.
Mix hgt (ft)....3800   1800   500    400    400    400
Transport wind..E 12   E 8    E 7    E 6    SE 5   SE 3
Dispersion idx..51     4      3      3      2      2
LVORI...........1      3      4      6      7      7

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (15-25 percent). Slight chance
                    of showers early in the morning. Slight chance
                    of thunderstorms late in the morning and afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 8 mph late in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL increasing to 5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 2 to 9 mph.
Dispersion index....Increasing to around 53.
LVORI...............8 decreasing to 1.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........24        13        24        26
Weather cov.....          S CHC     S CHC     S CHC
Weather type....NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                    S CHC     S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0         20        20        20
Temp............74        81        88        89
RH..............94        82        61        57
20 FT wind......E 1       NE 2      E 6       E 8
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1400      3700      4900
Transport wind..E 2       E 3       E 6       E 8
Dispersion idx..1         8         28        51
LVORI...........8         4         2         1

$$
Forecaster...Sedlock
Requested by...Melanie Mancuso
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2516491.0/MLB
.DELDT 06/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Melanie.Mancuso@myfwc.com