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Spot Forecast for VOA 1A-2...NCWRC
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
538 AM EDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on August 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, or if you have questions
or concerns about this forecast, contact the National Weather
Service in Newport at (252)223-2328.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure offshore will bring SW winds with hot temperatures
across the burn area today. High temperatures will be in the low
90s with heat index values around 100 to 105 this afternoon. Watch
for isolated thunderstorms mid to late afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 13 mph.
Vent Rate...........Max 53129 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 3.
ADI.................Max 63.
Stability class.....2.
Sfc pressure........29.99 to 30.05 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23  21  16  30  40  46  45  54
Weather cov.....                    SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH SCH SCH
Temp............84  87  89  90  91  92  91  90
RH..............74  68  61  58  56  54  56  58
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   6   7   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   14  14  14  14  14  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.4 3.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  12  13  13  13  13
LVORI...........3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............19  31  42  57  63  62  60  43
Vrate mph-ft/1K.15  25  34  48  53  52  50  42
Sfc pres (in)...005 005 005 003 002 001 000 999

$$
Forecaster...Kennedy
Requested by...Jennifer Prince
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619352.0/MHX
.DELDT 08/10/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jennifer.prince@ncwildlife.gov