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Spot Forecast for SR-9...USMC
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
500 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on April 25.
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....
Patchy dense fog will continue this morning until around 8-9 am.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon
along the inland advancing sea breeze.

Weak high pressure will remain offshore today. A cold front will
move through the region late tomorrow and tomorrow night
bringing chances for showers and thunderstorms. Behind this
front cooler high pressure builds in through early next week. By
mid week, high pressure shifts offshore with another cold front
approaching by the end of the work week.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Patchy fog early in the morning.
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms
                    early in the afternoon, then isolated showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mph shifting to the south 6 to 13
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 38180 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 9.
ADI.................Max 45.
Stability class.....3.
Sfc pressure........30.09 to 30.19 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  62  61  58  53  50  52  54  56  57  58  58
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY             ISO ISO SCT SCT ISO ISO
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG             RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        ISO ISO SCT SCT ISO ISO
Temp............61  62  64  68  72  75  77  79  79  80  79  78
RH..............100 100 100 90  81  74  69  62  62  60  62  64
20 FT wind dir..N   N   E   E   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..0   0   1   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   7   8
20 FT wind gust.                    5   5           9   14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.7 2.9 3.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   6   7   7   7   7   9   10  12  13
LVORI...........9   9   9   5   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............2   5   5   12  25  30  32  33  44  45  45  41
Vrate mph-ft/1K.2   2   3   10  20  23  27  27  37  37  36  38
Sfc pres (in)...016 017 018 019 019 018 016 014 012 011 010 009

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing Height.......Min 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph.
Vent Rate...........Min 5175 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 8.
ADI.................Min 8.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........30.04 to 30.09 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........57  56  55  56  58  59  61  65  67  68  71  72
Weather cov.....ISO
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........ISO
Temp............76  73  70  69  67  67  66  65  65  64  64  65
RH..............69  76  84  87  93  93  97  100 97  100 100 97
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   7   6   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.14  9           5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  12  12  12  13  12  13  12  13  13  13  12
LVORI...........1   4   4   5   6   6   6   8   6   8   8   6
ADI.............46  10  8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Vrate mph-ft/1K.42  9   5   5   7   7   7   6   6   7   6   7
Sfc pres (in)...008 008 008 008 009 009 008 007 006 005 005 004

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the morning. Chance of showers through the day.
                    Chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the morning.
Mixing Height.......Max 3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 18 mph.
Vent Rate...........Max 72450 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 6.
ADI.................Max 69.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........29.93 to 30.05 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........73  74  75  75  75  75  72  64  61  61  63  63
Weather cov.....ISO ISO CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........ISO ISO             SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............66  67  68  71  73  75  77  78  78  78  78  77
RH..............93  93  90  79  71  64  60  58  60  62  64  67
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..4   4   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.5   5           14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 1.3 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.4 2.8 2.3
Transp wind dir.SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.13  12  15  16  17  17  18  18  18  17  16  15
LVORI...........6   6   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............8   9   25  44  52  55  66  69  68  60  50  40
Vrate mph-ft/1K.8   7   19  37  47  52  69  72  72  59  46  34
Sfc pres (in)...004 005 005 005 004 003 002 000 998 996 994 993

$$
Forecaster...Kearns
Requested by...Pete Steponkus
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2511547.2/MHX
.DELDT 04/25/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL peter.steponkus@usmc.mil