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Spot Forecast for BU 42...Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
228 AM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on September 01.
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...

Light east to northeast winds are expected to prevail today. There
is a low chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm from mid to
late afternoon. Dispersion is expected to peak around 50 in the
afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds, except gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 8 mph.
LVORI...............5.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 36 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 50 in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  6   6   6   19  19  19  25  25  25
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.............0   10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............74  77  82  85  87  89  90  91  91  92
RH..............97  94  85  77  72  68  66  62  62  58
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.8   7   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.1 2.0 3.0 3.9 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.5 3.7
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE
Transp wind spd.5   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Dispersion......4   8   18  31  40  46  50  49  45  37
LVORI...........8   6   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the late
                    evening and overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds, except gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 7 mph.
LVORI...............6.
Dispersion index....26 decreasing to 3.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........30  30  30  12  12  12  7   7   7   10  10  10
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............20  20  20  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............89  87  84  80  79  78  77  77  76  75  75  75
RH..............64  70  77  88  91  94  94  94  97  97  97  97
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.8   7   6   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   6   5   3   3   3   3   3   5   5
Dispersion......26  13  3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........2   3   4   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   9

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 30 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds, except gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............5.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 41 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 64 early in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   8   8   25  25  25  33  33  33  35  35  35
Weather cov.....                                    CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                    CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  30  30  30
Temp............74  74  75  77  82  85  88  90  91  91  92  91
RH..............100 97  97  97  85  77  70  64  62  62  60  60
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.5   6   7   7   8   10  12  12  12  12  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.4 1.1 2.1 3.1 4.1 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.5 4.8
Transp wind dir.E   E   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   7   9   10  10  10  9   9   9   9
Dispersion......2   2   5   10  25  41  54  64  62  64  61  53
LVORI...........9   9   8   7   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...DVD
Requested by...Justin Van Gorder
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620993.0/TAE
.DELDT 09/01/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Justin.vangorder@myfwc.com