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Spot Forecast for 20260926 Portsmouth Special Events...Portsmouth Emergency Management
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
235 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on September 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
Over the course of Saturday a strong Nor`easter is expected to move north of the area but hug
the east coast. There will be multiple impacts from this Nor`easter that will be seen across
the Tidewater vicinity. The main impact will be Moderate level coastal flooding with the morning and late evening high
tides. This system will also bring in breezy conditions with NW winds around 25-30mph with gusts upwards of 35mph.
There are rain chances with this storm but they remain less than 30%. The highest chance comes in the early to mid afternoon time frame.
The temperatures will be pleasant overall due to cloud cover and persistent NW winds. Temperatures and wet bulb
are forecasted to be in the upper 60s through the day.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain in the morning and early afternoon, then
                    chance of rain late in the afternoon. Slight
                    chance of rain late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Max apparent temp...63.
Surface winds (mph).North winds 17 to 20 mph with gusts to around
                    30 mph.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62  62  63  67  70  74  76  78  81  81  81  80
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  30  30  30  20
Temp............62  61  61  62  63  64  65  66  67  67  67  67
RH..............70  72  72  78  78  75  73  73  70  70  70  70
Aparnt tmp (F)..57  56  56  58  58  59  60  61  62  62  63  63
Surface wnd dir.N   NW  NW  NW  N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N
Surface wnd spd.17  18  18  18  19  19  19  20  20  20  19  19
Surface wnd gst.29  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  29  29
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

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Forecaster...THOMAS
Requested by...Anna McRay
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2622473.0/AKQ
.DELDT 09/25/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL WashingtonA@portsmouthva.gov,longd@portsmouthva.gov,manigaults@portsmouthva.gov,bennettc@portsmouthva.gov,wardc@portsmouthva.gov,palamarchuckm@portsmouthva.gov,mcraya@portsmouthva.gov,stephen.williams@vdh.virginia.gov