Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
077 FNUS71 KBOX 030644 FWSBOX Spot Forecast for Quaboag WMA rx burn Hayes...Masswildlife National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 244 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on June 03. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Other than a brief spot shower, high pressure provides dry conditions and light winds Monday and Tuesday across Worcester county. Minimum relative humidity on Monday will be 30 to 40 percent and on Tuesday, minimum relative humidity will be 40 to 50 percent. .OUTLOOK...Wednesday through Friday... High pressure remains in control through Wednesday, then the weather pattern becomes unsettled Wednesday night and Thursday, with widespread showers for Worcester county along with downpours and a few possible thunderstorms. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny then becoming mostly sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........38 percent. Dewpoint............55. Max apparent temp...80. Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast around 7 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (63200 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................6 to 7 increasing to 28 late in the morning, then increasing to 60 increasing to 83 early decreasing to 60 decreasing to 49 early in the afternoon decreasing to 30 to 36 increasing to 51 to 58 late in the afternoon. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. CEILING (KFT).......14 increasing to 20 late in the morning, then increasing to 25 early decreasing to 15 early in the afternoon decreasing to 12 decreasing to 6.0 early in the afternoon increasing to 10 increasing to 13 late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........45 67 48 23 26 29 30 30 30 31 29 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............65 68 71 74 77 79 80 81 81 80 78 Dewpoint........56 57 56 54 53 53 53 53 53 54 55 RH..............73 68 59 50 43 41 39 38 38 41 45 Heat index (F)..65 68 71 74 77 79 80 80 80 80 78 20 FT wind dir..NW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 Surface wnd dir.NW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Surface wnd spd.2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 Surface wnd gst.6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 3.1 6.1 9.0 7.4 5.7 4.1 5.0 6.0 7.0 Transp wind dir.N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Transp wind spd.6 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 6 7 7 LVORI...........3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 ADI.............6 7 28 60 83 60 49 30 36 51 58 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 19 43 63 44 34 20 25 36 42 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR PR PR FR Ceiling (kft)...14 15 20 20 25 15 12 6.0 10 13 15 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Patchy fog early in the morning. CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 55. Max humidity........93 percent. Dewpoint............56 decreasing to 53 early in the morning. Max apparent temp...76. Surface winds (mph).East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 5 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (28100 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (400 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............4. ADI.................41 decreasing to 2 to 4. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. CEILING (KFT).......20 increasing to 25 until just after midnight, then decreasing to 20 after midnight decreasing to 14 early in the morning decreasing to 9.0 decreasing to 4.0 early in the morning. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........18 15 8 6 5 6 9 12 8 9 11 31 Weather cov..... PTY Weather type.... FOG Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............76 73 70 67 65 62 60 59 58 56 55 55 Dewpoint........56 57 58 57 57 57 56 55 54 53 53 53 RH..............50 57 66 70 75 84 87 87 86 90 93 93 Heat index (F)..76 73 70 67 65 62 60 59 58 56 55 55 20 FT wind dir..E E E SE E SE E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.10 10 12 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 Surface wnd dir.E E E SE E SE E E E E E E Surface wnd spd.6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Surface wnd gst.10 10 12 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...4.7 2.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.E E SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Transp wind spd.7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 LVORI...........1 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 ADI.............41 25 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..28 17 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR Ceiling (kft)...20 20 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 14 9.0 4.0 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 79. Min humidity........48 percent. Dewpoint............55 increasing to 58 late in the afternoon. Max apparent temp...78. Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 8 mph shifting to the south 8 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (41400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............4. ADI.................4 to 10 increasing to 19 to 25 late in the morning, then increasing to 37 to 44 early increasing to 51 to 58 early in the afternoon decreasing to 48 decreasing to 30 late in the afternoon decreasing to 11. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. CEILING (KFT).......4.5 increasing to 7.0 late in the morning, then increasing to 9.0 increasing to 10 early decreasing to 9.0. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........30 17 6 17 31 41 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............56 61 68 74 77 78 Dewpoint........53 55 56 57 57 57 RH..............90 81 65 55 50 48 Heat index (F)..56 61 68 74 77 78 20 ft wind......E 2 E 2 SE 2 SE 3 S 5 S 6 20 ft wind gust.6 6 7 8 9 10 Surface wind....E 2 E 2 SE 2 SE 3 S 5 S 6 Surface wnd gst.6 6 7 8 9 10 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1400 2900 4400 5900 2200 Transport wind..E 5 E 6 SE 7 SE 8 S 8 S 10 LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1 ADI.............4 10 25 44 58 30 Haines index....5 4 5 4 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 7 17 31 41 20 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR FAIR POOR Ceiling (kft)...4.5 4.5 9.0 12 12 10 $$ Forecaster...Nocera Requested by...Alex entrup Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415521.0/BOX .DELDT 06/03/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL alex.entrup@mass.gov