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Spot Forecast for Dove Fields RX...USFS
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
507 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 19.
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 weak backdoor front over northeast North Carolina will slowly lift
back north as a warm front this afternoon. A cold front will cross
the region late tonight into early Saturday, and then settle just to
our south late Saturday. A wave of low pressure will track along the
front Sunday into Monday, bringing unsettled conditions and cooler
temperatures.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Isolated showers
                    early in the afternoon. Scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph late in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southwest around
                    5 mph early in the afternoon becoming light.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest late in the morning.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................9 early in the morning increasing to 97 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.04 inches.
Visibility..........10.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........32  54  53  51  51  48  39  38  39
Weather cov.....                ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCT SCT SCT
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   10  10  20  20  30  30  30
Temp............67  71  74  78  81  81  82  83  83
RH..............73  63  57  52  47  46  43  43  43
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   3   5   5   5   3   3
20 FT wind gust.7   7   8   9   12  13  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.4 2.1 2.6 4.6 6.0 6.9 6.2 5.7
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   13  13  13  13  12
LVORI...........3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............9   9   36  36  36  97  97  97  29
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Scattered
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
                    then isolated showers and thunderstorms late in
                    the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 7 to 8 mph early in the evening, then
                    shifting to the northeast 6 to 7 mph late in
                    the evening shifting to the west around 6 mph
                    overnight shifting to the east shifting to the
                    north 6 to 10 mph overnight.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 to 29.
Pcpn amount.........0.16 inches.
Visibility..........10 decreasing to 7 overnight.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........38  49  54  37  35  49  28  55  52  56  60  65
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  30  20  20  20  10  10  0   0   0
Temp............81  79  74  72  70  69  68  66  65  64  63  62
RH..............49  52  64  71  78  81  84  90  90  93  97  97
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   SE  E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   1   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   3
20 FT wind gust.8   7   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SE  SE  SE  NE  NE  W   E   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  8   8   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   7   10
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   3   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
ADI.............29  29  2   2   2   1   1   1   3   3   3   8
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  7   7   7   7

$$
Forecaster...HARTFIELD
Requested by...Sergio Olvera
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411350.0/RAH
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sergio.olvera@usda.gov


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