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Spot Forecast for MACS2 RX 2...MCAS Cherry Point
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
646 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on April 18.
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....
Calm winds will become light out of the southeast this morning. As
we progress later into the morning, winds will become southerly
and eventually southwesterly by later this afternoon with gusts as
high as 20-25 mph. Minimum RH will be around 40% this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 13 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 20 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 97979 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 7.
ADI.................Max 82.
Stability class.....2.
Sfc pressure........30.28 to 30.33 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   4   4   3   3   3   4   5   5   5   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53  56  62  68  74  77  77  77  77  77  76
RH..............95  91  73  56  44  39  40  41  41  42  44
20 FT wind dir..N   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..0   1   3   4   6   8   9   10  11  12  12
20 FT wind gust.        5   5       14  14  18  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.4 4.0 5.3 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   9   10  10  12  13  15  17  20  20
LVORI...........7   6   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............6   6   16  52  63  75  82  65  73  81  76
Vrate mph-ft/1K.2   2   13  41  55  67  73  84  91  98  84
Sfc pres (in)...028 029 031 032 033 032 031 030 029 029 028

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing Height.......Min 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 21 mph.
Vent Rate...........Min 5750 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 4.
ADI.................Min 9.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........30.28 to 30.29 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   3   3   2   2   1   2   2   3   3   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............74  71  68  66  65  64  63  63  63  62  62  62
RH..............48  56  64  70  73  75  81  81  81  84  84  84
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..11  10  8   8   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.18  14  9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.21  20  16  15  16  15  16  15  15  15  14  14
LVORI...........1   2   2   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
ADI.............73  13  11  10  11  10  11  10  10  10  9   9
Vrate mph-ft/1K.75  27  8   7   7   7   8   7   7   6   6   6
Sfc pres (in)...028 029 029 029 029 029 029 029 029 029 029 029

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 15 mph.
Mixing Height.......Max 3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 22 mph increasing to 22 to 25
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 78430 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 4.
ADI.................Max 79.
Stability class.....3.
Sfc pressure........30.23 to 30.35 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   6   6   11  11  11  10  10  12  12  12  11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63  64  65  68  73  76  77  78  79  79  79  77
RH..............84  84  84  76  64  58  54  54  52  52  52  56
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   9   11  12  12  13  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   14  18  18  23  23  23  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 2.7 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.14  13  17  22  23  23  22  22  23  25  25  24
LVORI...........4   4   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............9   13  23  73  76  79  75  73  77  79  77  70
Vrate mph-ft/1K.6   6   17  58  73  78  74  70  75  73  69  61
Sfc pres (in)...031 032 034 034 035 034 033 032 030 027 025 023

$$
Forecaster...Cahill
Requested by...Steven J Shephard
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510983.0/MHX
.DELDT 04/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL steven.shephard@usmc.mil