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Spot Forecast for McKinnon Site Prep Actual...NC Forest Service
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
738 AM EDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on October 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Mild high pressure centered over the northwest Atlantic will extend
southwestward across North Carolina through this evening. A cold
front will approach from the northwest tonight, then push southeast
through the region Wednesday and Wednesday night. Much cooler high
pressure will then build in from the north Thursday through Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7 to 47.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........10.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  44  35  45  60  53  49  50
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10
Temp............71  75  78  81  82  83  83  82
RH..............81  74  69  58  56  55  55  56
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   7   8   8   9   8   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.4 3.1 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.1
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   8   9   9   10  10  10  10
LVORI...........6   3   3   3   1   1   1   2
ADI.............7   33  33  33  47  47  47  24
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 10 mph.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4 to 24.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........10.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........56  52  57  54  57  55  42  54  66  74  82  76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............81  78  73  71  70  70  69  69  68  67  67  67
RH..............60  69  84  90  90  90  93  93  97  100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.8   7   6   6   7   7   6   6   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   9   10  9   9   9   8   8   9   8
LVORI...........2   2   6   6   6   6   6   6   9   9   9   9
ADI.............24  24  4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest around 5 mph
                    late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the morning.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the north
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4 to 19.
Pcpn amount.........0.14 inches.
Visibility..........10 decreasing to 7 in the morning, then
                    increasing to 10 late in the morning decreasing
                    to 8 early in the afternoon increasing to 10
                    decreasing to 6 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  78  77  79  79  79  82  85  88  84  80  76
Weather cov.....SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  70  70  70  70  70  70  60  60  60  60
Temp............66  65  67  68  71  74  75  77  78  78  77  77
RH..............100 100 100 100 93  84  82  74  71  71  74  74
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   5   5
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   NW  N   N
Transp wind spd.8   8   7   8   8   9   8   7   7   7   6   6
LVORI...........9   9   8   8   8   3   3   3   3   3   3   4
ADI.............4   4   8   8   8   19  19  19  18  18  18  11
Visibility (sm).10  8   7   7   7   10  8   8   10  6   6   6

$$
Forecaster...HARTFIELD
Requested by...Michael Frye
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523076.0/RAH
.DELDT 10/07/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Michael.frye@ncagr.gov