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Spot Forecast for RX pile...State of Florida park service
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
613 AM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0656 EDT on October 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (850) 942-8833, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Northeasterly winds will gradually increase through the day as a
cold front approaches from the northeast. Wind speeds should be a
few mph higher than Wednesday and higher gusts are expected as
well. Isolated to scattered showers and storms are possible in
the afternoon. With the higher winds, transport winds and
dispersions will be higher than Wednesday. As the front moves
through in the evening, winds should remain elevated into the
overnight hours along with the potential for 20 to 25 mph gusts,
especially before midnight. Cooler and slightly drier conditions
expected at the site on Friday. Sustained winds and gusts will
increase further with higher dispersions anticipated as well.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 12 to 14 mph.
LVORI...............4.
Dispersion index....13 increasing to 40.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52  52  52  47  47  47  52  52  52  47  47  47
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............73  72  72  74  76  80  82  83  83  85  83  83
RH..............87  90  93  90  87  79  74  72  72  65  70  70
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  15  15  15  15  15  16  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  12  12  12  12  12  12  13  13  14
Dispersion......13  13  13  25  25  25  33  33  33  40  40  40
LVORI...........5   5   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 9 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 16 to 22 mph.
LVORI...............3.
Dispersion index....38 decreasing to 23 in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........15  15  15  17  17  17  18  18  18  13  13  13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............84  81  77  75  72  71  70  69  67  66  66  64
RH..............63  69  76  76  81  79  78  78  81  81  78  81
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  12  12  12  10  9   9   9   10  12
20 FT wind gust.20  20  21  23  23  23  23  22  22  22  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.16  18  20  21  21  21  21  22  22  22  22  22
Dispersion......38  38  38  24  24  24  24  24  24  22  22  22
LVORI...........3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 12 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 18 to 22 mph.
LVORI...............2.
Dispersion index....38 increasing to 51 in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18  18  18  30  30  30  26  26  26  26  26  26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  64  63  66  69  72  74  76  77  78  79  79
RH..............81  78  81  78  73  66  64  60  60  60  58  58
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  13  13  13  13  14  14  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.24  24  23  24  24  24  23  23  23  23  24  24
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.3
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.22  22  22  22  21  21  20  18  18  18  18  20
Dispersion......34  34  34  41  41  41  46  46  46  55  55  55
LVORI...........3   3   3   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Dobbs
Requested by...Kyle Bass
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523016.3/TAE
.DELDT 10/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kyle.bass@floridadep.gov