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Spot Forecast for Morton...N.C. Forest Service
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
737 AM EDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Patchy early morning fog and low overcast in the vicinity of
Stanly County will disperse through 10 AM this morning with
scattered cumulus clouds from late morning through the afternoon.
Winds will be light today veering out of the north through noon.

Min RH is expected to drop into the low 40s to upper 30s by mid
afternoon. RH recovery overnight should be excellent, but there is
a low probability moisture behind the seabreeze may not make it
all the way to the Albemarle area overnight and result in Max RH
closer to 50-60%.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........62 at ignition...Max 84.
RH..................97 percent at ignition...Min 40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming north around 5 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................16 early in the morning increasing to 71 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........4 increasing to 10 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........49  41  34  26  29  32  35  34  32  30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............62  66  72  75  78  80  82  82  83  83
RH..............97  84  68  62  54  47  43  44  41  40
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.8   8   7   9   9   8   9   8   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.6 2.6 4.0 5.0 5.6 6.2 6.3 6.7 6.7
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   10  10  10  10  9   8   8
LVORI...........4   4   4   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............16  16  16  63  63  63  71  71  71  47
Visibility (sm).4   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 57.
RH..................Max 87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 5 mph late in the evening.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................47 early in the evening decreasing to 2 late in
                    the night.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........10 decreasing to 7 after 3 am.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28  26  24  18  10  6   5   4   3   4   4   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............81  79  75  71  69  67  65  64  63  62  61  60
RH..............42  47  55  63  68  70  75  75  78  84  87  87
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   3   2   1   1   1   0   0   0   1   1   2
20 FT wind gust.8   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...6.3 3.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  N
Transp wind spd.7   6   5   5   6   6   6   5   5   6   6   6
LVORI...........1   1   3   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   6
ADI.............47  47  2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  8   7

$$
Forecaster...SWIGGETT
Requested by...Jonathan Ross
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412886.0/RAH
.DELDT 05/01/24
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.EMAIL jonathan.ross@ncagr.gov