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Spot Forecast for W&M Commencement...W&M Office of Public Safety
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1139 AM EDT Fri May 17 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on May 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
A slow moving low pressure will approach the region from the west
later today, with the initial batch of showers expected tonight
through Saturday. It remains mainly overcast with chances for rain
into Sunday, but rainfall amounts will be lower Saturday night and
Sunday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Surface winds (mph).East winds 7 to 8 mph.

TIME (EDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71  74  78
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10
Temp............74  75  73
Surface wnd dir.E   E   E
Surface wnd spd.7   7   8
Surface wnd gst.10  12  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers late in the evening. Showers likely
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Surface winds (mph).East winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    southeast around 6 mph early in the evening.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........75  75  75  67  67  75  85  90  95  95  99  99
Weather cov.....                    SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  60  60  60  70
Temp............71  68  65  64  63  62  61  61  61  61  61  61
Surface wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Surface wnd spd.7   7   6   6   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3
Surface wnd gst.12  10  9   8   8   7   7   7   7   6   6   5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Showers likely early
                    in the morning, then showers early in the
                    morning. Showers likely late in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    east 7 to 9 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........98     97     96     96     95     95
Weather cov.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).70     80     80     60     60     60
Temp............60     61     63     65     66     66
Surface wind....SE 4   SE 6   E 7    E 8    E 9    E 8
Surface wnd gst.7      9      12     13     14     13

$$
Forecaster...BROWN
Requested by...Justin Weston
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2414521.0/AKQ
.DELDT 05/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jrweston@wm.edu