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Spot Forecast for MVA Training...Stow Fire Departmnt
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
812 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Hot, hazy, and humid with afternoon temperatures climbing into
the low 90s with a heat index in the mid 90s. A cold front will
begin sliding into western New England late on Wednesday. This
will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms during the
afternoon and into the evening. A few showers and storms could
linger early on Thursday as the cold front is still working its
way through.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Chance of rain......35 percent.
Chance of thunder...12 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Max apparent temp...96.
Max apparent temp...96.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southwest up to 5 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 9
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 9
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
100 FT WIND.........
Rainfall amount.....0.02 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 13.
Visibility..........10.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 17
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (89300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 to 8 increasing to 22 late in the morning,
                    then increasing to 42 increasing to 61 early
                    increasing to 75 increasing to 97 to 105 early
                    in the afternoon decreasing to 88 decreasing to
                    69 late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  20  19  21  26  31  35  32  35  37  43  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10
Chc of rain (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  20  30  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10
Temp............71  73  76  80  83  86  87  88  90  90  89  89
RH..............84  81  76  67  63  57  57  55  52  52  56  56
Heat index (F)..71  73  76  83  87  90  92  93  96  96  95  95
Aparnt tmp (F)..71  73  76  83  87  90  92  93  96  96  95  95
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   5   6   7   7   8   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.7   6   8   9   12  12  14  15  15  16  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   2   2   3   4   4   4   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   5   5   7   7   8   9   9   10  10  10
Surface wnd dir.SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.2   2   3   3   5   6   7   7   8   8   8   9
Surface wnd gst.7   6   8   9   12  12  14  15  15  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 1.0 2.1 3.3 4.5 5.1 5.8 6.4 5.3 4.3 3.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   7   7   8   10  12  13  15  16  16  17  17
100 ft wind.....
LVORI...........5   4   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............6   7   8   22  42  61  75  97  105 98  88  69
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   4   6   15  30  45  56  75  89  75  65  49
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  FR
Wave height (ft)0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ceiling (kft)...25  25  25  25  20  20  20  20  14  13  14  14
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...Dooley
Requested by...LT Benoit
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2418102.2/BOX
.DELDT 07/17/24
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.EMAIL L5fire@stow-ma.gov