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Spot Forecast for FI 210...North Carolina Forest Service
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
414 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 EDT on May 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact this NWS office if you have questions or
concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
A series of upper level disturbances will interact with an
unseasonably moist airmass over North Carolina through early Friday,
bringing unsettled weather. A cold front will move across the region
on Friday, ushering in drier and less humid air for the weekend.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Thunderstorms will
                    track east from Charlotte to near FAY between
                    415 PM through 700 PM. Then a chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 6 to 10 mph early in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 18 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 113 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.26 inches.
Visibility..........10.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43  41  37  48  49  52  70  83  82  88  86  84
Weather cov.....                                        SCH CHC
Weather type....                                        RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                        SCH CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  40
Temp............69  69  71  76  79  82  85  86  88  90  91  90
RH..............90  93  90  82  77  69  65  65  55  52  49  50
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   6   8   9   8   8   8   9   9   10  9
20 FT wind gust.12  12  14  15  14  17  16  15  14  14  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.9 4.2 5.3 5.9 5.9 4.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  10  13  16  16  14  17  16  17  17  18  17
LVORI...........5   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............7   7   24  24  24  59  59  59  113 113 113 52
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms likely in the evening, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 7
                    mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening and
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 16 mph shifting to the north around
                    10 mph late in the evening, then shifting to
                    the southwest 7 to 8 mph late in the evening
                    increasing to 9 to 13 mph overnight.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................52 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late in
                    the night.
Pcpn amount.........0.36 inches.
Visibility..........9.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........93  93  89  68  46  52  55  61  66  64  80  93
Weather cov.....CHC LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50  60  40  30  20  20  20  20  30  30  30  40
Temp............87  82  77  75  74  73  72  71  71  71  70  70
RH..............53  65  79  84  84  87  90  93  93  93  97  97
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW  W
20 FT wind spd..8   8   5   2   2   3   2   2   3   3   5   7
20 FT wind gust.14  16  10  7   5   6   6   7   9   9   12  16
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   N   W   SW  S   SW  S   SW  S   SW
Transp wind spd.16  14  13  10  7   8   9   9   9   12  12  13
LVORI...........1   1   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   8
ADI.............52  52  4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   8
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  9   10  10

$$
Forecaster...BADGETT
Requested by...Matt Gordon
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413526.0/RAH
.DELDT 05/08/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matt.gordon@ncagr.gov