Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
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465 FNUS72 KMHX 231045 FWSMHX Spot Forecast for Sandy Run Hancock N...NC State Parks National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 645 AM EDT Mon Sep 23 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EDT on September 23. 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... High pressure will remain north of the burn area today. This will produce northeast winds this morning, switching to southeast this afternoon with speeds remaining below 10 mph. Min RH values will be 55-60% with high temperatures in the low 80s. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........58 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light northeast winds becoming southeast around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing Height.......Max 3500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 6 mph shifting to the southeast around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Vent Rate...........Max 19895 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 3. ADI.................Max 24. Stability class.....2. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Sfc pressure........29.88 to 29.96 inHg. TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........35 35 36 36 35 33 32 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............77 79 80 81 82 81 81 RH..............69 64 62 60 58 60 60 20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E SE S 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 5 6 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 2.5 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.1 2.0 Transp wind dir.E E E NE NE SE SE Transp wind spd.6 3 5 5 6 6 6 LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.............14 11 16 19 24 22 14 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate mph-ft/1K.11 9 13 15 20 18 11 Sfc pres (in)...996 995 994 993 991 989 988 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 66. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing Height.......Min 400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 8 mph. Vent Rate...........Min 1954 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 6. ADI.................Min 2. Stability class.....4. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Sfc pressure........29.88 to 29.93 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........29 24 21 22 24 25 33 50 59 61 65 67 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............79 76 74 72 71 70 69 69 68 67 67 67 RH..............64 71 76 81 84 84 87 90 93 93 93 93 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..5 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT wind gust.6 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 LVORI...........3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 ADI.............7 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate mph-ft/1K.5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Sfc pres (in)...988 988 989 990 992 993 993 993 992 992 993 993 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the morning. LAL.................1 until 0800, then 2. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........72 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Mixing Height.......Max 3500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 10 mph. Vent Rate...........Max 32084 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 9. ADI.................Max 39. Stability class.....4. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Sfc pressure........29.91 to 29.97 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........64 60 57 55 50 47 48 49 50 50 48 46 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LAL.............1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Temp............66 66 69 72 76 78 79 80 80 80 80 79 RH..............97 100 90 84 79 76 74 72 72 72 72 74 20 FT wind dir..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust. 5 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.3 1.9 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.4 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.6 7 7 8 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 LVORI...........8 9 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ADI.............3 5 5 13 20 25 34 37 39 38 35 32 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate mph-ft/1K.2 3 3 10 16 20 28 30 32 30 28 25 Sfc pres (in)...994 995 995 996 997 997 996 995 994 993 992 991 $$ Forecaster...Lonka Requested by...Laura Webster Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2422885.0/MHX .DELDT 09/23/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL laura.webster@ncparks.gov