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FNUS72 KRAH 220929
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Spot Forecast for Coffer...NC Forest Service
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
529 AM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on September 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front located across southern Virginia today will move south
across the region tonight and early Wednesday. Strong high pressure
over eastern Canada will then extend south into the Carolinas
through the rest of the work week bringing much cooler air into the
area.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms during the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds early becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph
                    late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 12 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................14 to 24.
Pcpn amount.........0.15 inches.
Visibility..........9.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........73  70  59  59  64  64  64  75
Weather cov.....        SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........        SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  20  30  40  40  50  50
Temp............77  79  83  85  86  85  84  82
RH..............87  82  72  65  63  65  67  69
20 FT wind dir..E   NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   6   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.7   8   9   8   10  10  10  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  9   10  10  12  12
LVORI...........5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............14  24  24  24  24  24  24  18
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  9   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms in the evening, then showers
                    likely overnight.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming northeast 5 to 7
                    mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 12 to 16 mph.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................9 to 18.
Pcpn amount.........0.67 inches.
Visibility..........7 decreasing to 5, then increasing to 6 early
                    in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........71  74  82  84  86  90  91  91  92  94  96  96
Weather cov.....LKY LKY DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........LKY LKY DEF LKY
Chc of pcpn (%).60  70  80  70  60  60  60  50  40  30  30  30
Temp............80  76  72  70  70  70  68  68  67  67  67  67
RH..............77  87  97  100 97  100 100 100 100 100 97  97
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   8   6   6   5   3   5   5   5   5   6   7
20 FT wind gust.12  15  15  14  13  10  9   9   9   10  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.0 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.2
Transp wind dir.E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  14  15  14  14  14  13  14  15  16
LVORI...........3   3   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   6
ADI.............18  18  9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   11
Visibility (sm).7   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   5   5   6

$$
Forecaster...BLAES
Requested by...Matt Garner
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622283.0/RAH
.DELDT 09/22/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matt.garner@ncagr.gov