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Spot Forecast for Goodwin Forest Rx fire...NC State University
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
549 PM EST Wed Jan 22 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EST on January 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact this NWS office if you have questions or
concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Arctic high pressure will remain along the East Coast tonight.
A weak low pressure system will develop off the Carolinas Thursday.
Temperatures will slowly moderate over the next seven days.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........30 at ignition...Max 43.
RH..................58 percent at ignition...Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5700 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 8 mph shifting to the west 8 to 10
                    mph in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2 late in the morning.
ADI.................12 early in the morning increasing to 53 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18  15  19  23  27  27  28  28  26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............30  34  37  39  42  42  42  42  38
RH..............58  51  46  42  37  37  36  36  42
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   7   7   7   6   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 2.7 3.4 4.1 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.7 4.0
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   8   9   10  10  9
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   M   M   M   M   M
ADI.............12  30  30  30  53  53  53  45  45
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 17.
RH..................Max 84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 9 mph shifting to the north 6 to
                    8 mph overnight.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................45 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late in
                    the night early in the evening.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........7 early in the evening.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........24  22  18  14  10  7   5   2   2   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............34  30  29  28  27  26  25  24  23  21  20  19
RH..............51  60  63  66  68  68  71  71  74  77  81  84
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.9   8   8   9   9   9   8   8   8   7   7   6
LVORI...........M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
ADI.............45  4   4   4   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Visibility (sm).7   7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 46.
RH..................Min 29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to
                    10 mph in the afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Visibility..........MISSING.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   2   2   1   2   2   3   3   4   4   11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............19  18  23  27  32  36  39  43  44  44  45  42
RH..............84  88  71  60  49  42  35  30  29  30  31  36
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  NE  N   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   2   3   5   5   6   7   7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 2.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   6   7   7   8   9   9   10  10
LVORI...........M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
ADI.............M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Visibility (sm).

$$
Forecaster...STRICKLER
Requested by...Garrett Sumner
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501098.0/RAH
.DELDT 01/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gsumner@ncsu.edu