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Spot Forecast for 20261106 Portsmouth Employee Day...Portsmouth Office of Emergency Management
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1133 AM EST Thu Nov 5 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EST on November 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
An approaching cold front brings increasing chances for rain and
a slight chance for thunderstorms tomorrow. While showers will be
possible all day, the best chance is during the afternoon and evening.
Rain may be moderate to occasionally heavy. Rain chances continue
late into the evening and eventually taper off early Saturday
morning. While there is a Marginal Risk (level 1 of 5) for severe
wind gusts, confidence is low.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers likely
                    in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms
                    through the day. Showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........84 percent.
Max apparent temp...74.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph.
Visibility..........7 decreasing to 4 in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85  79  77  79  84  85  86  90  84  87  95  96
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).30  60  60  60  70  70  70  100 100 100 100 100
Temp............69  69  70  71  72  73  74  74  74  75  73  71
RH..............93  90  90  87  84  81  79  79  79  76  81  84
Aparnt tmp (F)..69  69  69  70  72  73  73  73  74  73  71  70
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW
Surface wnd spd.8   8   9   9   10  10  9   9   8   8   7   6
Surface wnd gst.13  13  15  15  16  16  15  15  14  13  12  9
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   7   4   4   4   4   4   4

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms early in the evening. Rain
                    showers early in the evening, then rain showers
                    likely late in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Max apparent temp...67.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds around 6 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming northwest
                    around 6 mph early in the morning.
Visibility..........4 increasing to 7.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........94  85  86  82  75  73  65  48  42  44  41  42
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).100 80  80  80  60  60  60  0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  65  63  62  61  60  60  59  59  58  58  57
RH..............93  97  100 100 100 100 100 100 96  96  93  93
Aparnt tmp (F)..67  66  66  64  64  63  61  60  59  58  57  57
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.6   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   6
Surface wnd gst.9   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   8   8   9
Visibility (sm).4   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

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Forecaster...CHRETIEN
Requested by...Anna McRay
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2625037.0/AKQ
.DELDT 11/05/26
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.EMAIL mcraya@portsmouthva.gov