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Spot Forecast for Black Hammock Wilderness Area...Seminole County Natural Lands
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
414 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on July 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry today with no mentionable rain chances. Light southeast winds early
in the day become established out of the east this afternoon. Winds
increase to 10-15 mph behind the sea breeze with occasional gusts near
20 mph. There are no critical RH concerns. Generally Good afternoon
smoke dispersion is forecast.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 6 to 13 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL increasing to 5400 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 9 mph shifting to the east 10 to
                    13 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....19 increasing to 55.
LVORI...............4 decreasing to 1 in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18  14  19  16  19  17  12  10  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............82  86  89  91  92  92  93  93  92
RH..............85  75  66  60  56  56  52  52  54
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   6   7   9   10  12  13
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   9   12  15  17  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 2.8 3.6 4.5 5.1 5.4 4.7 4.5 3.9
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   7   9   10  12  13
Dispersion idx..16  22  26  33  44  55  55  46  46
LVORI...........4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Law
Requested by...Ron Chicone
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 07/23/26
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.EMAIL rchicone@seminolecountyfl.gov