Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
943
FNUS71 KBOX 251920
FWSBOX
Spot Forecast for Goddard Park Fires...RI DEM
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
320 PM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on April 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service.
.DISCUSSION...
For the remainder of the afternoon, expect S to SW winds at 5-15 mph
with relative humidity values in the 40-45 percent range. Relative
humidity values recover well tonight with increasing moisture
ahead of a system.
Rain expected to arrive early Saturday morning (likely after 4 am)
with a chance for a few light showers after midnight. Steady rain
continues through much of Saturday with breezy southerly winds.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Dewpoint............48.
Max apparent temp...73.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 12 to 13 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (37100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................43 to 51 decreasing to 25 late in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 7 to 8 mph.
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44 47 42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0
Temp............73 69 64
Dewpoint........48 48 49
RH..............41 47 58
Heat index (F)..73 69 64
20 FT wind dir..SW S SW
20 FT wind spd..12 12 13
20 FT wind gust.14 15 15
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW S SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.7 7 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 9 9
Surface wnd dir.SW S SW
Surface wnd spd.12 12 13
Surface wnd gst.14 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 1.7 1.2
Transp wind dir.SW SW S
Transp wind spd.20 20 17
LVORI...........1 1 2
ADI.............51 43 25
Vrate kt-ft/1K..37 29 17
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain early in
the morning. Chance of rain early in the
morning.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 100 percent early in
the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Dewpoint............51.
Max apparent temp...63.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 9 to 12 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 14 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13000 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (6900 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................12 to 16.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 20 early in the evening, then
decreasing to 14 early decreasing to 8.0 late
in the evening decreasing to 2.0 decreasing to
1.5 decreasing to 0.8 decreasing to 0.3
increasing to 0.8 decreasing to 0.3 early in
the morning.
Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 7 mph.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........51 67 83 94 90 92 94 95 95 97 99 100
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC
Weather type.... RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 100
Temp............63 61 58 57 57 56 55 55 55 55 55 55
Dewpoint........50 51 52 52 53 53 52 53 53 53 53 53
RH..............62 70 80 83 86 90 90 93 93 93 93 93
Heat index (F)..63 61 58 57 57 56 55 55 55 55 55 55
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..12 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 12 12
20 FT wind gust.14 13 12 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.7 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
Surface wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Surface wnd spd.12 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 12 12
Surface wnd gst.14 13 12 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.17 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 15 16 16
LVORI...........2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
ADI.............16 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 14 14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 10 8 9 9 7 7 7 7 9 9 10
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...25 20 14 8.0 2.0 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain in the morning, then rain showers
likely in the afternoon.
CWR.................100 percent decreasing to 52 percent late in
the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........83 percent.
Dewpoint............54.
Max apparent temp...59.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 13 to 20 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 18 to 26 mph shifting to the southwest 21
to 28 mph early.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (32100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................20 to 28 increasing to 34 to 42 late in the
morning, then decreasing to 27 to 32 in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......0.3 increasing to 0.8 in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....South winds 8 to 12 mph.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 97 95 98 95 91 88
Weather cov.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50
Temp............55 55 56 56 57 57 57 58 58 58 59 59
Dewpoint........54 54 54 54 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 54
RH..............96 96 93 93 93 93 93 90 90 90 87 83
Heat index (F)..55 55 56 56 57 57 57 58 58 58 59 59
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT wind spd..13 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 18 16 15 15
20 FT wind gust.16 17 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 20 18 17
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 11 10 9 9
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 10
Surface wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
Surface wnd spd.13 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 18 16 15 15
Surface wnd gst.16 17 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 20 18 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.18 21 24 25 26 28 25 24 22 22 21 21
LVORI...........5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............20 23 28 34 38 42 36 32 27 28 27 27
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 15 18 24 28 32 27 23 18 19 18 19
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
$$
Forecaster...Mensch
Requested by...Iwuc
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2511807.0/BOX
.DELDT 04/25/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gregory.rathbun@dem.ri.gov,matthew.iwuc@dem.ri.gov