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Spot Forecast for 20260918 VSO Concert...Portsmouth OEM
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1138 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on September 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front drops south across the region today. An isolated
shower or thunderstorm is possible later this afternoon and
evening, not necessarily at the event site, but within a 15 mile
radius to the west of downtown Portsmouth. Timing of any shower or
thunderstorm is generally between 5 and 9 PM. Wet bulb globe
temperatures rise to around 80 this afternoon and fall into the
upper 70s this evening.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Max apparent temp...92.
Surface winds (mph).North winds around 9 mph.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  48  48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10
Temp............88  87  86
RH..............54  55  57
Aparnt tmp (F)..92  91  90
Surface wnd dir.N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.9   9   9
Surface wnd gst.15  15  15
Visibility (sm).7   7   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 72.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Max apparent temp...90.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming northeast around
                    6 mph overnight.
Visibility..........7.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........48  47  46  46  45  45  47  50  52  48  45  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............85  82  79  78  77  76  75  75  74  74  73  73
RH..............61  69  79  82  85  87  90  90  93  90  93  90
Aparnt tmp (F)..90  86  82  81  80  79  78  78  77  77  76  75
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.8   6   4   4   4   4   4   6   6   6   6   6
Surface wnd gst.13  12  9   9   8   7   8   9   9   9   10  10
Visibility (sm).7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

$$
Forecaster...ZIMMERMAN
Requested by...Anna McRay
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2622115.0/AKQ
.DELDT 09/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL james.shinault@imgoingevents.com,longd@portsmouthva.gov,harrelln@portsmouthva.gov,mcraya@portsmouthva.gov,palamarchuckm@portsmouthva.gov,wileyj@portsmouthva.gov