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EXPERIMENTAL...FIRE WEATHER POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Wakefield VA
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

MDZ021-210800-
Blackwater NWR RAWS-Dorchester MD
38.42N  76.00W Elev. 8 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      60          81          63          75          60
TEMP             72 67 65 62 63 74 79 79 73 68 67 65 65 71 74 73 68 64 63 61 62
DEWPT            62 63 62 62 63 63 62 62 63 62 63 63 63 64 62 61 60 59 59 59 59
MAX/MIN RH                  100          52          96          63          95
RH               72 86 91 99 99 69 56 55 72 81 89 93 93 79 66 66 77 84 88 95 90
WIND DIR          E  E NE NE NE  N  W SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
WIND DIR DEG     10 11 06 03 06 02 28 15 13 12 11 10 09 08 08 08 08 08 08 07 07
WIND SPD          4  3  1  2  2  3  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  6  4  3  2  2  3
CLOUDS           FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        21 10 12 19 26 17 26 35 57 63 69 72 74 75 75 66 56 48 40 48 55
VSBY              7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           5          40          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.13           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                C  C  C  C  S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     3     3
MIX HGT               500   500  4600  4300   500   900  2600  3000   600  1100
T WIND DIR              S    NW     N    NE     E     E     E    NE     E     E
T WIND SPD              4     2     4     3     9     6    10     8    10     9
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     5     1    31    24     8    14    20    19     7    17
MAX LVORI               8    10     6     3     6     7     4     4     6     8
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     E     F     D     D     E     F
CEILING              2700  3200  3200 12900  5900  2900  1400  3600  4000  3200
PRESSURE            29.95 29.95 29.97 29.93 29.95 29.95 29.98  30.0 30.03 30.02


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          75    60    76    63    78    64    78    62    78
TEMP          73 69 64 63 74 70 65 65 76 71 67 66 76 70 65 65 76 70
DEWPT         57 57 57 59 58 60 63 65 66 65 66 66 66 64 62 63 61 62
MIN/MAX RH       54    88    56   100    67   100    64   100    56
RH            57 67 79 86 58 72 94100 71 81 97100 71 81 91 93 60 76
WIND DIR       E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  S SE  E NE NE  E  S NE SE SE
WIND SPD       5  4  2  3  4  4  2  3  5  3  3  3  6  3  3  4  8  4
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR          5    10    20    30    30    30    30    30    20
RAIN SHWRS                    S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
TSTMS                         S  S        S

$$

MDZ022-210800-
Powellville RAWS - Wicomico MD
38.35N  75.42W Elev. 16 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      59          80          62          74          59
TEMP             70 65 63 61 62 73 78 78 71 67 65 64 64 70 73 72 67 63 62 60 61
DEWPT            63 63 62 61 62 62 61 61 62 62 62 62 62 62 61 60 60 59 57 58 58
MAX/MIN RH                  100          52          96          62          92
RH               78 93 97100100 68 56 56 73 84 90 93 93 76 66 65 77 86 84 92 89
WIND DIR          E  E  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     07 07 00 35 00 01 03 09 10 09 09 08 07 07 07 06 06 06 06 05 05
WIND SPD          4  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  4  3  3  3  4  6  8  8  5  4  3  3  4
CLOUDS           FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        15 13 18 20 23 17 31 39 43 55 66 72 76 70 63 57 51 42 33 44 55
VSBY              7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           5          30          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.05           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                S  S  C  C
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     3     3
MIX HGT               400   600  4800  4200   500   900  3200  3100   700  1200
T WIND DIR             NE    NW     N    NE     E    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE
T WIND SPD              2     3    11     8     6     8    12    11     6    12
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    FR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     2     5    61    45     6    13    31    32     4    21
MAX LVORI               9    10     5     3     6     7     4     4     6     6
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     F     F     D     D     E     E
CEILING              4000  4000  4000  3200  3200  3200  1000  1700  4700  1000
PRESSURE            29.92 29.92 29.94 29.90 29.93 29.92 29.95 29.96 30.01  30.0


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          73    58    74    62    77    63    78    61    77
TEMP          71 67 62 62 73 69 64 64 75 70 66 65 76 70 64 64 75 69
DEWPT         56 56 56 57 58 61 63 64 66 66 66 65 66 65 62 62 61 61
MIN/MAX RH       55    90    59   100    69   100    64   100    58
RH            59 68 81 86 60 77 97100 74 86100100 71 84 92 93 62 76
WIND DIR       E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  E NE SE  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD       8  4  2  3  5  4  2  3  6  4  3  4  6  4  3  4  8  4
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR          5    10    10    20    30    40    30    30    20
RAIN SHWRS                       S  S  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  S  S
TSTMS                            S        S

$$

MDZ025-210800-
Assateague Island RAWS - Worchester MD
38.08N  75.20W Elev. 12 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      65          73          66          72          64
TEMP             70 67 66 65 66 70 72 72 69 68 67 67 67 70 71 71 68 66 65 65 65
DEWPT            64 64 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 62 61 61 60 59 59 59
MAX/MIN RH                   94          71          92          71          84
RH               82 89 90 93 93 79 75 74 80 85 87 89 89 80 74 72 78 81 80 82 80
WIND DIR         NE NE NE  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     06 06 03 00 00 02 07 08 08 08 07 06 06 06 05 05 05 05 05 05 04
WIND SPD         13 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  9  8 10 10 12 12 13 14 13 11 12 12
CLOUDS           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
CLOUDS(%)        20 16 21 19 22 21 18 21 40 52 64 67 70 69 67 61 54 44 34 44 54
VSBY              7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           5          30          20           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.04           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                S  S  C  C  S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  3     3     3     3     3     3     2     2     2     3
MIX HGT              1800  1300  2100  1300  1600  2000  2500  2600  2600  3200
T WIND DIR             NE     N     N    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE    NE
T WIND SPD             11     9    13    11    14    16    17    17    16    17
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    FR    FR    FR
ADI                    16    12    38    19    17    33    36    40    24    46
MAX LVORI               6     8     5     4     4     5     4     3     4     4
STABILITY               D     E     C     C     D     D     D     D     D     D
CEILING              4700  4700  4000  3200  3200  5300  1000  6000  5500  5300
PRESSURE            29.96 29.95 29.97 29.95 29.97 29.96 29.98  30.0 30.02 30.02


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          70    64    71    66    73    66    74    65    73
TEMP          69 67 66 65 70 68 67 67 72 70 68 67 73 70 67 66 72 69
DEWPT         57 58 58 59 60 62 65 66 67 68 67 67 67 66 63 64 63 63
MIN/MAX RH       65    84    70   100    82   100    80    93    72
RH            67 72 77 81 70 80 94 98 85 93 99100 83 89 88 92 74 80
WIND DIR      NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD      11 10  9  9  9 10  8  8  9  9  9  9  9 10  9 10  9 10
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR          5    10    10    20    30    40    30    30    20
RAIN SHWRS                          S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
TSTMS                                     S

$$

VAZ064-210800-
Ft AP Hill RAWS - Caroline VA
38.10N  77.27W Elev. 201 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      61          82          65          74          60
TEMP             72 67 64 62 64 74 80 80 74 70 68 66 66 71 73 73 67 64 63 61 62
DEWPT            63 65 63 62 63 64 64 64 66 66 65 65 65 66 66 65 64 63 61 61 62
MAX/MIN RH                  100          56          97          74         100
RH               73 93 96100 98 71 59 60 77 87 91 97 97 85 78 76 90 97 94100 99
WIND DIR         SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E
WIND DIR DEG     12 14 15 17 18 17 17 15 12 14 14 12 10 08 08 08 08 10 12 11 11
WIND SPD          2  3  1  1  1  3  3  3  2  3  2  2  3  3  4  5  3  3  2  2  2
CLOUDS           FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
CLOUDS(%)         6  8 22 43 54 30 37 54 72 69 67 69 71 72 72 65 57 62 67 71 75
VSBY              7  7  6  5  7  7  7  7  6  6  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0          30          60          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0        0.17        0.16           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                    S  S  C  C  L  L  S  S
TSTMS                               S  S  S  S
Obvis                  PF PF
LAL                     1     1     2     2     2     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  4     3     3     3     3     3     2     3     3     3
MIX HGT               600   500  4600  4300   700   800  2600  2500   700   700
T WIND DIR             SE     S    SW     S    SE     E     E     E     E    SE
T WIND SPD             10     2     5     5    10    11    10     8     6     6
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     5     3    30    26     5     9    21    19     4     5
MAX LVORI               8    10     6     4     6     7     5     6     8     9
STABILITY               F     F     B     D     F     F     D     D     F     F
CEILING             26600 30000   300  3200  3200  4000  1000  1700  3200  3200
PRESSURE            29.80 29.82 29.84 29.77 29.77 29.78 29.84 29.84 29.89 29.88


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          73    61    74    62    77    62    77    59    76
TEMP          72 67 63 62 72 68 64 64 75 70 65 64 75 68 62 62 74 68
DEWPT         62 61 58 60 62 64 62 64 67 67 64 64 65 66 60 61 60 62
MIN/MAX RH       67    97    68   100    71   100    67   100    59
RH            71 82 85 94 71 86 95100 76 90 97100 71 92 93 98 62 80
WIND DIR      SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE  S SE  E  N  N  E SW  N SE SE
WIND SPD       3  3  2  2  3  2  2  2  3  2  2  3  4  3  3  3  4  3
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         10    20    30    30    40    30    30    30    20
RAIN SHWRS           S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
TSTMS                         C  C        S

$$

VAZ081-210800-
James River NWR RAWS-Prince George VA
37.25N  77.25W Elev. 50 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      61          81          65          78          62
TEMP             72 67 65 63 64 74 79 79 73 70 68 66 67 73 77 76 70 67 65 63 64
DEWPT            67 65 64 62 62 66 66 66 67 66 65 65 65 67 67 67 65 64 62 62 62
MAX/MIN RH                  100          60          97          69          99
RH               83 94 96 97 94 76 64 64 81 87 91 96 93 82 72 73 84 91 91 99 95
WIND DIR         SE SE SE  S  S  S  W  S SE SE  S  S SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
WIND DIR DEG     12 13 12 18 18 18 25 16 15 14 16 16 12 08 07 08 08 08 09 07 07
WIND SPD          3  3  1  1  1  2  3  4  2  3  3  3  3  3  3  5  3  3  1  2  2
CLOUDS           FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
CLOUDS(%)        21 15 23 40 46 30 21 32 51 53 55 60 64 63 61 54 47 50 52 52 52
VSBY              7  7  5  5  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0          10          40          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.05           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                C  C  C  C
TSTMS                                     S  S
Obvis                  PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     2     2     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  4     3     3     3     3     3     2     3     3     2
MIX HGT               500   500  4400  4100   500   700  3200  2900  1200   700
T WIND DIR             SE     S    SW     S    SE    SE     E     E     E     E
T WIND SPD              6     0     4     5     9     9    12    11     8     2
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     5     1    24    26     5     8    29    26     5     2
MAX LVORI               9    10     7     5     6     7     5     5     6    10
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     F     F     C     D     F     F
CEILING             26600   300   300 14800  4000  3200  1000  1700  3200  4000
PRESSURE            29.85 29.86 29.89 29.84 29.82 29.81 29.85 29.87 29.92 29.92


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          75    61    76    63    78    64    78    62    77
TEMP          74 68 63 63 75 70 66 65 76 71 67 66 76 70 65 64 75 69
DEWPT         63 61 59 60 64 64 63 65 69 68 65 66 68 66 63 62 62 64
MIN/MAX RH       65    98    66   100    73   100    69   100    62
RH            70 79 88 91 69 81 91100 80 90 94100 75 88 93 94 64 84
WIND DIR       E  E SE SE SE  E SE  S SE SE  E  N  N  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD       3  3  1  2  3  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  3  2  3  3  5  3
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         10    10    20    30    30    30    30    30    20
RAIN SHWRS                    S  S  C  S  C  C  C  S  C  C  S  S  S
TSTMS                         S  S        S

$$

VAZ096-210800-
Great Dismal Swamp RAWS-Suffolk VA
36.61N  76.55W Elev. 35 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      61          80          64          78          61
TEMP             71 66 64 62 63 73 78 78 72 69 67 65 66 73 76 76 70 66 64 62 64
DEWPT            65 64 63 61 63 65 64 64 65 64 64 63 64 66 66 65 64 63 62 62 62
MAX/MIN RH                  100          58          97          67         100
RH               81 93 97 98 99 77 63 62 79 84 90 94 93 79 71 70 81 90 93100 94
WIND DIR          E  E NE  N  N NE  N  E SE SE  S  S SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     07 06 03 34 35 03 02 07 12 13 15 18 14 12 08 08 07 07 06 05 05
WIND SPD          3  3  1  1  1  2  3  3  2  2  1  2  3  3  4  5  3  3  2  2  2
CLOUDS           FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)         9 11 22 44 39 21 18 30 35 44 53 55 57 60 63 58 52 47 42 39 36
VSBY              7  7  5  5  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           5          20          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  S
Obvis                  PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  4     4     4     4     3     3     3     2     2     2
MIX HGT               400   500  4600  4300   500   500  3000  2700   800   600
T WIND DIR              E    NW    NW     W    SE    SE    SE     E    NE    NE
T WIND SPD              2     1     2     3     5     8    11    12     8     4
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     3     1    31    25     3     9    28    26     9     8
MAX LVORI               9    10     7     4     6     8     5     4     7     9
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     F     F     C     D     F     F
CEILING             30000   300   300 26600  5000  4000  3200  2300  4000  4700
PRESSURE            29.92 29.92 29.95 29.92 29.92 29.89 29.92 29.92 29.97 29.96


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          77    60    78    63    80    64    80    64    78
TEMP          75 68 63 63 76 71 66 66 78 72 67 67 78 72 67 66 76 71
DEWPT         61 60 58 60 62 63 63 65 68 67 67 67 68 67 65 65 64 64
MIN/MAX RH       59    97    60   100    67   100    67   100    62
RH            63 76 84 90 62 76 90 97 71 84100100 71 84 94 98 66 79
WIND DIR       E  E  E NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  N  E  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD       5  3  1  2  3  2  1  2  3  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  5  3
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         10    10    10    20    30    30    30    30    30
RAIN SHWRS                    S     S  S  C  C  C  S  C  C  S  S  C
TSTMS                         S           S

$$

VAZ098-210800-
Back Bay NWR RAWS-Virginia Beach VA
36.68N  75.93W Elev. 8 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      67          75          67          75          66
TEMP             71 69 68 67 68 72 74 74 72 70 69 68 68 72 74 74 71 69 68 67 67
DEWPT            67 66 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 64 64 65 66 66 65 65 64 62 62 62
MAX/MIN RH                   93          71          92          73          86
RH               85 89 90 92 91 80 73 73 80 85 86 87 90 80 77 74 81 84 82 84 83
WIND DIR         NE NE NE  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     05 05 04 02 02 02 06 08 10 12 13 13 10 08 08 06 06 05 05 04 04
WIND SPD         10  9  8  6  8  8  8  6  5  5  4  4  5  8 10 10 11 10  9 10 10
CLOUDS           SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        26 18 30 32 34 18 11 11 31 43 56 64 72 70 68 65 62 52 41 42 43
VSBY              7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           0          20          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  S  S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  3     4     4     3     3     3     2     3     2     3
MIX HGT               600   900  2400  2100   700  1200  1900  2000  1900  2100
T WIND DIR             NE     N     N     E     E     E     E    NE    NE    NE
T WIND SPD              9     5     6     4     8     9    11    16    16    14
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                    11     7    19    14     5    16    22    31    21    39
MAX LVORI               6     6     5     5     6     6     4     4     4     4
STABILITY               E     E     C     B     E     E     D     D     D     D
CEILING               300   300   300 27100  6100  3200  3200  3200  4700  4700
PRESSURE            29.95 29.95 29.98 29.96 29.96 29.94 29.97 29.97 30.01 30.01


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          73    66    74    67    76    69    76    68    75
TEMP          72 69 67 67 73 71 69 69 75 73 70 70 75 72 70 69 74 72
DEWPT         62 61 60 62 63 64 66 68 70 69 69 69 70 68 67 67 67 66
MIN/MAX RH       69    85    69    99    79   100    79    96    73
RH            71 74 78 84 70 79 91 97 84 88 97 98 84 87 91 93 78 81
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE NE  E  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD      10  8  5  5  8  5  4  4  8  4  4  5  8  5  6  6 10  9
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR          5    10    10    20    30    30    30    20    20
RAIN SHWRS                          S  S  C  C  S  S  C  S  S  S  S
TSTMS                                     S

$$

NCZ014-210800-
Buckland Elementary-Gates NC
36.37N  76.76W Elev. 25 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      60          81          64          79          61
TEMP             71 66 63 61 63 73 79 79 73 69 67 65 66 74 77 77 70 66 64 63 64
DEWPT            66 65 63 61 63 65 65 64 65 65 64 64 64 67 67 66 65 64 62 62 62
MAX/MIN RH                  100          56          97          64         100
RH               84 96 99100 99 76 62 60 77 86 90 97 94 79 71 69 84 93 93 97 93
WIND DIR          E  E NE  N  N NE  N  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  E  E  E  E NE NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     07 07 04 35 01 03 02 08 13 14 16 18 16 18 08 07 07 07 06 05 05
WIND SPD          3  2  1  1  1  2  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3  3  1  2  2
CLOUDS           FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)         6  8 22 42 41 21 14 28 33 43 54 55 56 54 52 53 53 49 45 41 37
VSBY              7  6  5  5  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           5          20          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  S
Obvis               PF PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  4     4     4     5     3     3     3     2     3     3
MIX HGT               500   500  4500  4400   500   500  3300  2900   700   600
T WIND DIR              E     N    NW    SW    SE    SE    SE     E    NE    NE
T WIND SPD              3     0     1     3     5     6    11    12     9     4
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     3     1    24    22     3     9    41    28     6     5
MAX LVORI              10    10     8     4     6     8     4     5     7    10
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     F     F     C     D     F     F
CEILING             30000   300   300 26600  4700  4000  3200  1700  4000  4000
PRESSURE            29.92 29.92 29.95 29.92 29.90 29.89 29.90 29.92 29.97 29.96


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          77    60    78    63    80    64    80    63    78
TEMP          75 69 63 63 76 71 66 66 78 72 67 67 78 72 66 65 76 70
DEWPT         62 61 58 60 63 64 63 65 68 68 66 67 68 68 65 65 63 65
MIN/MAX RH       58    97    60   100    67   100    67   100    62
RH            62 77 85 90 64 79 90 97 71 87 97100 71 87 97100 64 84
WIND DIR       E  E  E NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  N NE  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD       4  3  1  1  3  2  1  2  3  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  5  3
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         10    10    20    20    30    30    30    30    30
RAIN SHWRS                    S  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  C  C  S  S  C
TSTMS                         S  S        S

$$

NCZ015-210800-
Elizabeth City RAWS-Pasquotank NC
36.21N  76.16W Elev. 15 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      64          78          66          79          64
TEMP             72 68 66 64 65 73 76 76 72 69 68 67 68 74 78 77 72 68 67 65 66
DEWPT            66 65 65 64 65 65 65 65 65 65 64 64 65 66 66 66 65 64 63 63 63
MAX/MIN RH                  100          64          93          64          93
RH               83 92 99 99100 77 69 69 79 86 87 90 91 76 67 69 79 87 87 93 90
WIND DIR         NE NE NE  N  N  N NE  E  E SE  S SW  S  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     05 05 03 01 01 02 04 08 10 13 17 21 16 11 08 07 06 05 04 04 03
WIND SPD          6  5  4  4  5  5  6  6  3  3  3  3  3  5  5  9  8  6  5  5  5
CLOUDS           FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        13 22 30 34 36 22 13 15 15 32 48 56 63 64 65 58 50 47 43 40 36
VSBY              7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           0          20          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                      S  S        S  S
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  4     4     4     4     4     3     2     2     2     2
MIX HGT               500   700  3700  3300   500   700  2600  2300  1400  1100
T WIND DIR             NE     N     N     E    SE    SE     E    NE    NE    NE
T WIND SPD              8     4     4     4     5     5    10    13    12    10
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     7     5    27    19     4     7    24    25    19    18
MAX LVORI               9    10     6     4     6     6     5     3     5     6
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     F     F     D     D     D     E
CEILING             30000   300   300 26600 11600  4000  1000  4000  4700  4700
PRESSURE            29.95 29.94 29.98 29.95 29.95 29.93 29.96 29.95  30.0  30.0


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          75    64    77    65    80    66    80    66    78
TEMP          74 70 65 65 75 71 67 67 78 73 69 68 78 73 69 68 77 72
DEWPT         62 60 60 62 62 63 65 67 69 69 68 68 70 69 67 67 66 66
MIN/MAX RH       62    93    62   100    68   100    70   100    67
RH            65 72 84 90 64 77 93100 74 85 97100 75 87 93 96 70 81
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE  E  E  S  N  E  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD       9  5  3  3  5  4  3  3  5  3  3  3  5  3  3  4  8  6
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR          5    10    10    10    30    30    30    20    20
RAIN SHWRS                             S  C  C  S  S  C  S  S  S  S
TSTMS                                     S

$$

NCZ030-210800-
Peanut Belt Research Station NC-Bertie NC
36.13N  77.18W Elev. 61 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      61          81          64          81          62
TEMP             71 66 64 62 63 74 79 79 73 69 67 65 67 75 79 79 72 67 66 64 65
DEWPT            67 65 64 62 63 66 64 64 66 65 64 64 65 68 68 68 67 65 63 63 62
MAX/MIN RH                  100          56         100          65         100
RH               87 97 99100100 76 60 60 79 87 90 97 93 78 69 69 84 93 90 97 91
WIND DIR          E  E NE NE NE NE  N  E SE SE  S  S  S SW SE  E  E  E  E NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     09 08 05 03 02 05 02 08 14 15 17 18 18 24 13 07 07 07 07 05 05
WIND SPD          3  3  1  1  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  2
CLOUDS           FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        10 10 21 38 46 19 14 22 27 40 53 52 51 48 46 43 39 46 52 47 42
VSBY              7  7  5  5  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           5          20          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                S  S  S  S        S  S
Obvis                  PF PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  5     5     4     4     3     3     3     2     3     3
MIX HGT               400   400  4400  4400   400   500  3500  3000   500   800
T WIND DIR              E    NE     N    SW     S     S    SE     E    NE    NE
T WIND SPD              6     1     1     2     4     4     6    12     9     5
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     5     1    18    17     3     5    44    42     5     9
MAX LVORI              10    10     7     5     6     9     5     5     6     9
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     F     F     B     B     F     F
CEILING             30000 30000   300 26600  4000  4000  3200  1000  2400  4000
PRESSURE            29.88 29.89 29.93 29.89 29.88 29.86 29.87 29.88 29.94 29.94


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          78    61    78    64    81    64    80    63    78
TEMP          76 69 63 63 77 72 67 67 79 73 67 67 78 72 66 65 76 70
DEWPT         63 63 59 61 63 66 64 66 69 69 66 67 68 68 65 65 63 66
MIN/MAX RH       60    99    62   100    68   100    67   100    62
RH            64 80 86 92 62 81 90 95 73 88 97100 71 87 97 99 64 86
WIND DIR       E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S SE  S  N NE  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD       4  3  1  2  3  2  1  2  3  2  2  2  4  2  2  3  5  3
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         10    10    20    20    30    30    30    30    30
RAIN SHWRS                    S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  S  S  C
TSTMS                         S  S        S

$$

NCZ030-210800-
Green Cross RAWS-Bertie NC
36.01N  76.90W Elev. 52 ft
510 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Date           09/20/24      Sat 09/21/24            Sun 09/22/24            Mon
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08

MIN/MAX                      61          82          64          82          63
TEMP             71 66 64 62 64 74 80 80 73 69 67 66 67 76 80 80 73 68 67 65 66
DEWPT            66 65 64 62 63 66 65 64 66 65 64 64 65 67 68 68 66 65 64 63 63
MAX/MIN RH                  100          56          99          63          97
RH               84 97100100 98 76 60 58 79 87 90 93 93 74 67 67 79 90 89 94 90
WIND DIR          E NE NE  N  N NE NE  E SE SE  S  S  S SW  E  E  E NE NE NE NE
WIND DIR DEG     08 06 03 01 02 04 04 07 12 15 18 20 18 23 11 07 07 06 06 04 04
WIND SPD          3  3  1  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  4  3  3  2  2  2
CLOUDS           FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
CLOUDS(%)        10  9 19 33 42 22  9 22 26 37 48 52 56 51 47 44 42 44 47 42 37
VSBY              7  7  6  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
POP 12HR                      0           5          10          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                                                  S  S
Obvis                  PF
LAL                     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1
HAINES                  5     5     4     5     4     3     3     3     3     3
MIX HGT               500   500  4400  4300   400   500  3300  2700   500   800
T WIND DIR              E    NE     N     W    SE    SE    SE     E    NE    NE
T WIND SPD              6     1     1     2     3     4    10    11     9     5
SMOKE DISP             PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR    PR
ADI                     5     1    24    19     2     4    43    37     6    11
MAX LVORI              10    10     7     4     6     9     5     4     7     8
STABILITY               F     F     B     B     F     F     C     B     F     F
CEILING             30000   300   300 26600 11700  4000  3200  1000  3200  4000
PRESSURE            29.92 29.92 29.95 29.92 29.92 29.89 29.90 29.90 29.96 29.96


Date           09/23Tue 09/24/24Wed 09/25/24Thu 09/26/24Fri 09/27/24
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly     14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20

MAX/MIN          79    61    79    64    82    65    81    64    79
TEMP          77 70 64 63 78 72 67 67 80 74 68 68 79 73 67 66 77 71
DEWPT         63 62 60 62 63 65 64 66 69 69 67 68 69 69 66 66 65 66
MIN/MAX RH       57   100    60   100    65   100    67   100    62
RH            62 76 87 96 61 79 90 97 69 84 97100 72 87 97100 66 84
WIND DIR       E  E NE NE  E  E  E  S SE SE  S  N  E  E  S NE  E  E
WIND SPD       4  3  1  2  3  2  1  2  3  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  5  3
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         10    10    10    20    30    30    30    20    30
RAIN SHWRS                       S  S  S  C  C  S  S  C  S  S  S  C
TSTMS                            S        S

$$

EXPERIMENTAL ONLY...THIS PRODUCT IS FOR PLANNING AND REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY AND
IS NOT TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR AN OFFICIAL FIRE WEATHER SPOT
FORECAST.
BELOW IS A WEATHER ELEMENT KEY FOR THIS PRODUCT.
(NOTE...WINDS DO NOT REFLECT LOCAL TERRAIN EFFECTS.)

DAY 1 THROUGH 3...
MAX/MIN TEMP or MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
MIN/MAX RH or MAX/MIN RH(%).........MAXIMUM/MINIMUM HUMIDITY
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS)...........20 FT. WIND DIRECTION
WIND DIR DEG(DEGREES)...............20 FT. WIND DIRECTION IN TENS OF DEGREES
                                    RELATIVE TO DUE NORTH.
     EXAMPLE: 09 = 90 DEGREES = EAST; 18 = 180 DEGREES = SOUTH;
              27 = 270 DEGREES = WEST; 36 = 360 DEGREES = NORTH
WIND SPD(MPH).......................20 FT. WIND SPEED
WIND GUST(MPH)......................20 FT. WIND GUST
WIND CHILL..........................WIND CHILL TEMPERATURE
HEAT INDX...........................HEAT INDEX
CLOUDS(CAT).........................CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
     EXAMPLE: CL = CLEAR; FW = FEW; SC = SCATTERED;
              B1 = MOSTLY CLOUDY; B2 = CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS; OV = OVERCAST
CLOUDS(%)...........................CLOUD COVER AS A PERCENTAGE
VSBY................................VISIBILITY VALUE IN STATUTE MILES
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
QPF 12HR(IN)........................LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
WEATHER...
     TYPE...
       RAIN...........RAIN
       RAIN SHWRS.....RAIN SHOWERS
       TSTMS..........THUNDERSTORMS
       DRIZZLE........DRIZZLE
       SNOW...........SNOW
       SNOWSHWRS......SNOW SHOWERS
       SLEET..........SLEET
       FLURRIES.......FLURRIES
       FRZG RAIN......FREEZING RAIN
       FRZG DRZL......FREEZING DRIZZLE
     COVERAGE...
       S..............SLIGHT CHANCE
       C..............CHANCE
       L..............LIKELY
       O..............OCCASIONAL
       D..............DEFINITE
       AR.............AREAS
       PA.............PATCHY
OBVIS...............................OBSTRUCTION TO VISIBILITY
     TYPE...
       F..............FOG
       PF.............PATCHY FOG
       F+.............DENSE FOG
       H..............HAZE
       BS.............BLOWING SNOW
       K..............SMOKE
       BD.............BLOWING DUST
       AF.............VOLCANIC ASHFALL
LAL(CAT)............................LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL
HAINES(CAT).........................HAINES INDEX
MIX HGT(FT AGL).....................MIXING HEIGHT
T WIND DIR(8 POINT COMPASS).........TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION
T WIND SPD(MPH).....................TRANSPORT WIND SPEED
SMOKE DISPERSION....................SMOKE DISPERSION CATEGORY
     VALUES: VP = VERY POOR; PR = POOR; FR = FAIR; GD = GOOD
ADI (INDEX).........................ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX
CEILING (FT)........................CEILING
PRESSURE (INCHES MERCURY)...........STATION PRESSURE
MAX LVORI (INDEX)...................LOW VISIBILITY OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX
STABILITY (CAT).....................PASQUILL TURNER STABILITY
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY...
     EXAMPLE: W = WARNING; Y = ADVISORY; A = WATCH
     IN EFFECT FOR THE INDICATED HOUR

DAY 4 THROUGH 7...
MAX/MIN TEMP or MIN/MAX TEMP(F).....MAXIMUM/MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
TEMP(F).............................AIR TEMPERATURE
DEWPT(F)............................DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
RH(%)...............................RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND DIR............................20 FT. WIND DIRECTION
WIND SPD(MPH).......................20 FT. WIND SPEED
AVG CLOUDS(CAT).....................AVERAGE CLOUD COVER CATEGORY
POP 12HR(%).........................PROBABILITY FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION
WEATHER...
     SEE DAY 1 THROUGH 3 WEATHER DESCRIPTIONS