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Spot Forecast for Billy Strings Concert...Portsmouth EM
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
910 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 EDT on July 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Air quality is much improved over yesterday. No air quality alerts
are expected today with the forecast showing code yellow for the
Hampton Roads vicinity. Unobstructed sunshine will allow
temperatures to climb into the mid 90s with heat index values
105-107 this afternoon. Wet bulb global temps top out at 87 or
88. Most of the day will be dry but storms potentially move into
the region this evening. Low confidence on storm coverage and
specific timing in any one area.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Max apparent temp...109.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 9 to 12 mph.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37  33  36  39  42  42  42  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10
Temp............87  91  92  94  96  95  95  95
RH..............72  64  60  56  53  53  53  53
Aparnt tmp (F)..99  105 105 107 109 107 107 107
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.9   10  11  11  12  12  12  12
Surface wnd gst.13  16  17  18  20  20  21  21
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms through the night.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 78.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Max apparent temp...105.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 11 to 13 mph.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........50  58  66  67  68  68  68  67  67  62  57  52
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  30  40  30  30  30  30  40  40  30  20  10
Temp............93  92  90  88  86  84  83  82  81  80  79  79
RH..............56  58  62  66  70  74  74  77  79  82  85  85
Aparnt tmp (F)..105 103 101 98  95  92  90  88  86  84  81  81
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.12  11  11  12  12  13  12  12  12  12  11  11
Surface wnd gst.21  20  18  20  21  22  21  21  20  20  18  18
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

$$
Forecaster...ROGERS
Requested by...L. Turner
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2617614.0/AKQ
.DELDT 07/18/26
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