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FNUS72 KRAH 021202
FWSRAH

Spot Forecast for Watson Site Prep...NC Forest Service
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
802 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on September 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact this NWS office if you have questions or
concerns with this forecast.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Strong high pressure will build over the region through Thursday.
Hot, light winds, and minimal coverage of showers and storms
through Thursday. Wind direction will turn out of the southwest by
Thursday, but remain light.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 to 5 percent.
Temperature.........86 at ignition...Max 99.
RH..................63 percent at ignition...Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 0 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 7000 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 5 mph shifting to the north
                    around 3 mph early in the afternoon, then
                    shifting to the east late in the afternoon
                    shifting to the south late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 to 23.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........10.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   6   14  12  22  9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............86  90  94  96  97  97  98  97
RH..............63  56  47  43  40  42  39  40
20 FT wind dir..N   W   W   N   N   N   N   SE
20 FT wind spd..0   1   1   0   0   0   0   1
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   3   2   2   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.4 4.1 5.6 6.5 6.9 7.0 6.2
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  N   N   N   E   S
Transp wind spd.5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........4   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............4   17  17  17  19  19  19  23
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......up to 10 percent.
Temperature.........Min 74.
RH..................Max 87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 6 mph after 3 am.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 23.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........10 decreasing to 8 early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........12  17  16  31  19  10  26  10  3   6   1   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............96  94  89  85  83  82  81  80  78  77  76  75
RH..............42  46  56  63  67  69  72  74  79  82  85  87
20 FT wind dir..SE  N   S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   N   N
20 FT wind spd..1   0   1   1   1   2   1   1   1   1   0   0
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   5   6   6   6   5   5   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.5   6   6   7   7   8   8   7   7   6   6   6
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   6
ADI.............23  23  3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  8

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 98.
RH..................Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 7 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 45 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........7 increasing to 10 early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   0   0   5   8   10  11  11  15  7   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............75  74  76  79  85  89  92  95  96  96  98  96
RH..............87  90  87  79  65  57  51  45  43  43  39  40
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   3
20 FT wind gust.3   2   2   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.8 2.7 4.2 5.4 6.3 7.7 7.8 5.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   6   6   6   5   6   6   5   6   7
LVORI...........6   6   4   4   4   2   2   2   1   1   1   1
ADI.............2   2   7   7   7   27  27  27  45  45  45  36
Visibility (sm).8   7   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...BADGETT/SWIGGETT
Requested by...Michael Frye
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2621083.0/RAH
.DELDT 09/02/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael.frye@ncagr.gov