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Spot Forecast for C 42 Hollingsworth Rd...USFS
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
442 AM EST Fri Feb 28 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EST on February 28.
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....
Elevated fire concerns continue today and Saturday. Building high
pressure and downsloping westerly winds will generate dry
conditions with a minimum RH around 27%. Winds will be their strongest
this morning at around 10 mph. By early afternoon, winds will
decrease to around 5-7 mph as they turn to the southwest.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 22 mph shifting to the west 10
                    to 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 84065 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 2.
ADI.................Max 83.
Stability class.....2.
Sfc pressure........29.85 to 29.95 inHg.

TIME (EST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............54  57  59  62  63  64  64  63  61
RH..............46  40  35  32  29  28  27  29  34
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   8   7   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 3.4 4.1 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.2 1.3
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.21  22  20  18  15  15  14  13  10
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............56  75  74  73  82  83  76  64  18
Vrate mph-ft/1K.48  74  81  84  70  71  65  53  14
Sfc pres (in)...994 995 994 992 990 988 986 985 985

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing Height.......Min 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 16 mph.
Vent Rate...........Min 4830 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 3.
ADI.................Min 5.
Stability class.....5.
Sfc pressure........29.79 to 29.87 inHg.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............57  55  54  53  53  53  52  51  50  50  49  49
RH..............42  50  53  54  55  58  61  63  64  64  63  64
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.                            9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  13  13  14  15  16  15  14  15  15
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   3   3   3   2   3   3   3   3
ADI.............5   5   5   6   6   6   7   11  7   6   7   7
Vrate mph-ft/1K.5   5   5   6   6   7   7   8   7   7   7   8
Sfc pres (in)...986 986 987 987 987 986 985 984 982 981 979 979

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 23 mph increasing to 17 to 24
                    mph in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 102349 mph-ft increasing to Max 134780
                    mph-ft in the afternoon.
LVORI...............Max 3.
ADI.................Max 78.
Stability class.....3.
Sfc pressure........29.65 to 29.79 inHg.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   2   2   1   1   1   2   2   6   15  19  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............48  48  52  59  66  69  72  73  74  74  74  70
RH..............65  65  59  48  38  35  32  31  31  31  32  38
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   7   9   10  11  12  13  13  13  13  12  10
20 FT wind gust.    14  14  18  18  23  23  23  23  23  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.7 2.3 3.2 4.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.8 4.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Transp wind spd.14  14  16  20  22  23  24  24  24  24  22  17
LVORI...........3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............14  14  17  42  60  57  68  77  78  77  71  65
Vrate mph-ft/1K.7   7   15  33  51  73  102 131 135 135 127 70
Sfc pres (in)...979 979 979 979 978 976 973 970 968 966 965 966

$$
Forecaster...Cahill
Requested by...David Nelson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2504325.0/MHX
.DELDT 02/28/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL david.l.nelson@usda.gov