Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
342 FNUS72 KMHX 241847 FWSMHX Spot Forecast for Luther banks 2...NCFS National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 247 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on June 24. If conditions become unrepresentative, or if you have questions or concerns about this forecast, contact the National Weather Service in Newport at (252)223-2328. .DISCUSSION... Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 8 PM this evening. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening. Some storms may be strong to severe, with potential for damaging winds, large hail, frequent lightning and heavy rain. Forecast rainfall amounts 0.1-0.25", with higher amounts possible. Hot and and mostly dry weather expected Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday will be the next best chance for more widespread rainfall. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon and early evening. LAL.................3 until 1600, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 95. Min humidity........53 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing Height.......Max 4400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 15 to 20 mph. Vent Rate...........Max 75670 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 1. ADI.................Max 67. Stability class.....3. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Sfc pressure........29.63 to 29.66 inHg. TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........71 74 75 Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC LKY LKY LAL.............3 4 4 Temp............93 91 89 RH..............54 56 59 20 FT wind dir..W W W 20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...4.4 3.5 2.0 Transp wind dir.W W W Transp wind spd.17 17 15 LVORI...........1 1 1 ADI.............67 60 37 Haines index....4 4 4 Vrate mph-ft/1K.76 61 30 Sfc pres (in)...966 964 963 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely early in the evening, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. LAL.................4 until 1900, then 3 until 2400, then 2 until 0100, then 1. Min temperature.....Around 68. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, then shifting to the east around 5 mph late in the evening then becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing Height.......Min 400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph shifting to the east 5 to 10 mph overnight. Vent Rate...........Min 2760 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 9. ADI.................Min 3. Stability class.....4. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Sfc pressure........29.64 to 29.85 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........75 73 73 69 61 57 52 43 38 36 33 31 Weather cov.....LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH LAL.............4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............87 85 82 80 77 75 74 73 72 71 68 68 RH..............63 70 77 79 87 94 93 97 97 97 100 100 20 FT wind dir..SW S S SE E E E NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.8 Transp wind dir.W SW SW SE SE SE E E E E NE E Transp wind spd.13 9 8 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 7 9 LVORI...........2 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 ADI.............27 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 Haines index....4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate mph-ft/1K.21 13 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 8 5 8 Sfc pres (in)...964 966 969 971 974 977 978 980 981 982 984 985 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 92. Min humidity........40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph. Mixing Height.......Max 6300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph. Vent Rate...........Max 59454 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 9. ADI.................Max 67. Stability class.....3. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Sfc pressure........29.87 to 29.91 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........28 17 11 13 28 30 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............68 74 82 88 91 92 RH..............100 87 63 48 42 41 20 ft wind......NE 3 E 4 E 6 E 6 E 6 SE 9 20 ft wind gust.5 5 9 9 14 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1200 2700 4800 6300 5300 Transport wind..E 12 E 13 E 14 E 12 E 9 SE 10 LVORI...........9 4 1 1 1 1 ADI.............5 20 47 64 64 63 Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate mph-ft/1K.5 16 37 55 58 55 Sfc pres (in)...29.87 29.90 29.91 29.91 29.89 29.88 $$ Forecaster...Dail Requested by...Christopher Wilson Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416608.0/MHX .DELDT 06/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Christopher.wilson@ncagr.gov