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Issued by NWS Boston, MA
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Spot Forecast for Norwood Pond...DCR Forest Fire Control
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
714 AM EST Tue Nov 3 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on November 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service.
.DISCUSSION...
For Norwood Pond near Beverly, MA, expect light south to southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph Tuesday, along with dry weather and minimum
relative humidity in the afternoon dropping to between 40 and 50
percent.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................2 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Dewpoint............47 increasing to 49 late in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...68.
Surface winds (mph).West winds around 5 mph early becoming light,
then becoming south around 5 mph late in the
afternoon becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph early becoming light,
then becoming south around 5 mph late in the
afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south 7 to
8 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 to 8.
CEILING (KFT).......14 increasing to 18 late in the morning, then
increasing to 23 around noon decreasing to 21
late in the afternoon decreasing to 15.
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51 33 37 41 45 46 57 59 71 75
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............52 58 62 65 67 68 68 67 68 63
Dewpoint........45 46 48 48 49 49 49 50 50 49
RH..............77 64 60 54 52 51 51 54 53 60
Heat index (F)..52 58 62 65 67 68 68 67 68 63
20 FT wind dir..W W W W SW S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3
20 FT wind gust.8 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 6
Surface wnd dir.W W W W SW S S S S S
Surface wnd spd.5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3
Surface wnd gst.8 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W SW SW SW S S S
Transp wind spd.8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8
LVORI...........4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3
ADI.............6 8 6 6 6 7 5 5 5 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...14 18 23 23 24 24 24 21 17 15
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................3 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Dewpoint............47.
Max apparent temp...61.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph after
midnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 6
mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3400 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 to 6.
CEILING (KFT).......13 decreasing to 8.9 in the evening, then
decreasing to 8.6 increasing to 9.7 increasing
to 11 increasing to 15 early in the morning.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........63 55 35 42 34 29 21 18 13 22 27 24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............61 61 58 57 56 55 55 54 54 53 53 52
Dewpoint........49 49 48 47 47 46 46 46 46 47 47 47
RH..............65 65 69 69 72 72 72 74 74 80 80 83
Heat index (F)..61 61 58 57 56 55 55 54 54 53 53 52
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10
Surface wnd dir.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Surface wnd spd.3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
Surface wnd gst.6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W W W W W W W SW
Transp wind spd.9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 13
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
ADI.............4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...13 9.6 9.7 8.9 8.6 9.0 9.3 9.7 11 13 15 15
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................2 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Dewpoint............49 increasing to 54 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Max apparent temp...73.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4900 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (29100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 to 41.
CEILING (KFT).......15 increasing to 24.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........22 19 29 15 21 23 16 21 11 9 11 12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............52 53 55 60 64 68 71 73 73 73 73 69
Dewpoint........48 49 51 53 54 54 55 55 54 54 54 54
RH..............86 86 86 78 70 61 57 53 51 51 51 59
Heat index (F)..52 53 55 60 64 68 71 73 73 73 73 69
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8
20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 15 14 14
Surface wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Surface wnd spd.6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8
Surface wnd gst.12 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 15 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.13 13 15 17 17 17 17 16 14 14 13 13
LVORI...........4 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
ADI.............10 10 15 24 30 34 40 41 32 22 15 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 5 12 17 20 23 28 29 22 15 11 6
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...15 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 21 23 24 24
$$
Forecaster...Nocera
Requested by...Benjamin Jennell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/03/26
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.EMAIL ben.jennell@mass.gov