Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
354
FNUS71 KBOX 020830
FWSBOX
Spot Forecast for Quaboag WMA Rx Burn 7/2/2025...MassWildlife
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
430 AM EDT Wed Jul 2 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on July 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Widely scattered showers likely continue into at least mid morning.
Drying out in the afternoon but can`t rule out a passing shower.
WSW winds 5-10 kts. Minimum relative humidity will be around 55
percent today. Thursday will be mostly dry, but a round of showers
and thunderstorms moves through in the evening. Minimum relative
humidity of around 45 percent.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Dewpoint............69 decreasing to 65 late in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...86.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming west 5 to 8 mph through
early afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (69000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 89 in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......10 increasing to 15 early, then increasing to
19 increasing to 21 early.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92 90 80 74 80 75 78 74 78 67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20 20 15 10 10 10 5 5 5 0
Temp............72 75 77 80 81 83 83 83 84 83
Dewpoint........70 71 70 69 68 67 67 66 66 65
RH..............93 87 79 69 65 59 59 57 55 55
Heat index (F)..72 75 77 83 84 86 86 85 86 85
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7
20 FT wind gust.10 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 13
Surface wnd dir.W W W W W W W W W W
Surface wnd spd.5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7
Surface wnd gst.10 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 2.0 2.7 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.2
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.9 10 10 10 10 12 13 13 14 13
LVORI...........5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............20 27 37 47 52 67 79 80 89 75
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 18 25 32 39 50 61 61 69 57
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR
Ceiling (kft)...15 17 19 23 23 22 22 21 21 21
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog early in the morning.
CWR.................2 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Dewpoint............64.
Max apparent temp...84.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 5 to 6 mph becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 13 mph decreasing to 6 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (37700 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2900 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................56 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in
the night.
CEILING (KFT).......22 increasing to 25 early, then decreasing to
21 decreasing to 15 decreasing to 9.1
decreasing to 5.6 early in the morning
decreasing to 3.8.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........69 45 31 23 24 12
Weather cov..... PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............82 77 71 69 66 65
Dewpoint........65 66 66 66 64 63
RH..............56 69 84 90 93 93
Heat index (F)..84 77 71 69 66 65
20 ft wind......W 6 W 5 SW 3 SW 2 W 2 W 2
20 ft wind gust.12 9 8 7 7 6
Surface wind....W 6 W 5 SW 3 SW 2 W 2 W 2
Surface wnd gst.12 9 8 7 7 6
Mix hgt (ft)....3400 700 600 600 600 600
Transport wind..W 13 SW 7 SW 8 W 8 W 6 NW 7
LVORI...........1 3 5 6 7 6
ADI.............56 5 4 4 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..38 4 4 4 3 4
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
Ceiling (kft)...22 25 25 21 9.1 3.8
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Patchy fog early in the morning.
Slight chance of showers early in the
afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms late in the
afternoon. Chance of showers late in the
afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Dewpoint............63.
Max apparent temp...86.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 10 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming west 5 to 10 mph
in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 15 mph shifting to the west
around 16 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (87700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 early in the morning increasing to 105 in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......8.8 increasing to 15 early in the morning, then
increasing to 20 early increasing to 22
decreasing to 19 decreasing to 15 early in the
afternoon decreasing to 10.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........18 17 13 18 30 38
Weather cov.....PATCHY S CHC CHANCE
Weather type....FOG NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ ISOLTD ISOLTD
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10
Temp............64 71 79 84 86 84
Dewpoint........62 64 64 62 62 62
RH..............93 79 61 48 45 47
Heat index (F)..64 71 79 85 86 85
20 ft wind......NW 2 NW 2 NW 5 W 7 W 9 W 10
20 ft wind gust.6 7 10 15 17 17
Surface wind....NW 2 NW 2 NW 5 W 7 W 9 W 10
Surface wnd gst.6 7 10 15 17 17
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1100 3500 6400 7100 5800
Transport wind..NW 6 NW 6 NW 10 NW 13 W 14 W 16
LVORI...........6 4 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 8 47 89 105 105
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 6 31 70 85 81
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR GOOD GOOD GOOD
Ceiling (kft)...8.8 20 23 19 12 10
$$
Forecaster...BRW
Requested by...Alex Entrup
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL alex.entrup@mass.gov