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Spot Forecast for RKS12-17...Florida Park Service
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
225 AM EST Wed Jan 28 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EST on January 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Fire-sensitive weather conditions are forecast today, due to a
combination of very low afternoon relative humidities (18-25%) and
a persistent northwest wind up to 10 mph. Poor dispersion is
forecast through midday before becoming good this late afternoon.
No other significant weather is forecast, with high temps around
60 degrees.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Patchy frost
                    early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL increasing to 3200 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 42.
LVORI...............3 decreasing to 1 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........25  32  54  37  14  4   8   11  4   3   4   3
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FST FST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............32  32  34  38  44  50  54  56  58  59  59  57
RH..............66  66  60  51  40  32  28  25  23  22  23  24
20 FT wind dir..N   NW  NW  N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.2 2.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.9   8   9   12  8   8   6   6   8   10  10  12
Dispersion idx..4   5   6   15  13  17  16  18  30  39  42  42
LVORI...........3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). Areas of frost overnight.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 32.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming northwest
                    5 to 6 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....5.
LVORI...............3 increasing to 4 after 3 am.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........3      0      2      1      4      1
Weather cov.....                     AREAS  AREAS  AREAS
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   FROST  FROST  FROST
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............53     46     42     39     37     34
RH..............31     46     58     66     70     79
20 ft wind......NW 5   NW 3   NW 3   NW 5   NW 5   NW 5
20 ft wind gust.8      7      7      9      10     10
Mix hgt (ft)....500    400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..NW 10  NW 8   NW 7   NW 12  N 10   N 10
Dispersion idx..7      3      3      5      5      5
LVORI...........2      2      3      3      3      4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Areas of frost early in
                    the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    northeast around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL increasing to 4100 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 29.
LVORI...............5 decreasing to 2 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........6         2         3         7
Weather cov.....AREAS
Weather type....FROST     NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............33        42        56        62
RH..............83        62        38        31
20 FT wind......N 5G9     N 5G10    N 6G12    NE 5G9
Mix hgt (ft)....400       900       2700      4100
Transport wind..N 10      N 9       N 8       NE 6
Dispersion idx..5         10        27        30
LVORI...........5         2         2         1

$$
Forecaster...Heil
Requested by...Benjamin Bandor
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601161.0/MLB
.DELDT 01/28/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Ben.bandor@floridadep.gov