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Spot Forecast for Stones Creek...NC Wildlife
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
724 AM EDT Tue Mar 10 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on March 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...
Patchy fog this morning will dissipate by mid morning. Light winds
this morning, becoming SSW 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph late
morning and this afternoon. Seabreeze will likely impact the burn
area between 12-3 PM. Patchy fog will be possible again overnight.
Gusty SW winds expected Wednesday, becoming gusty W-NW Thursday with
widespread rain chances and isolated thunderstorms along a cold front.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Areas of fog this morning. Slight
chance of rain early in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph with gusts to
15 mph late this morning and afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Vent Rate...........Max 18170 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 9.
ADI.................Max 23.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........30.07 to 30.14 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80  72  70  68  59  53  44  39  34  32
Weather cov.....ARS ARS                 SCH SCH
Weather type....FOG FOG                 RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  61  65  69  72  75  77  78  78  77
RH..............100 90  87  78  71  64  60  60  60  62
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   4   5   5   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.    5   5   5               14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   7   7   7   8   9   8   10
LVORI...........9   5   5   4   3   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............4   6   6   7   11  15  21  23  18  23
Vrate mph-ft/1K.1   2   3   5   8   12  17  18  14  18
Sfc pres (in)...012 013 014 014 014 013 012 010 008 007

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after 2 am.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing Height.......Min 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Vent Rate...........Min 3679 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 9.
ADI.................Min 3.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........30.07 to 30.12 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........32  20  27  30  33  32  34  37  37  39  48  43
Weather cov.....                                        PTY PTY
Weather type....                                        FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............75  72  68  63  62  62  62  62  61  61  61  60
RH..............66  71  78  93  97  97  93  97  97  100 97  100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   4   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.    5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   10  10  9   9   9   9   9   8   7
LVORI...........3   3   4   6   7   7   6   7   7   9   8   9
ADI.............16  4   4   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   3
Vrate mph-ft/1K.12  7   4   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4
Sfc pres (in)...007 008 009 010 011 012 011 010 009 008 008 007

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Patchy fog early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph early, becoming south
10 to 15 mph with gusts 20 to 25 mph.
Mixing Height.......Max 2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 36225 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 9.
ADI.................Max 45.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........29.99 to 30.10 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43  47  53  17  23  33  35  38  39  41  46  48
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............59  61  60  64  68  72  75  77  79  80  80  79
RH..............100 97  100 97  90  79  71  69  64  62  62  62
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   4   4   4   5   6   8   9   10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   5           14  14  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   8   9   10  13  15  17  18  21  21
LVORI...........9   6   8   6   5   4   3   3   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   8   8   8   11  15  26  34  43  45  45  43
Vrate mph-ft/1K.4   4   4   6   9   12  20  27  35  36  36  34
Sfc pres (in)...007 007 008 009 009 010 009 007 005 003 001 999

$$
Forecaster...Dail
Requested by...Hagen Blake
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605287.0/MHX
.DELDT 03/10/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL hagen.blake@ncwildlife.gov