Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Melbourne, FL
Issued by NWS Melbourne, FL
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FNUS72 KMLB 280725
FWSMLB
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
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.DELDT 01/28/26
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.EMAIL Ben.bandor@floridadep.gov