Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
859
FNUS71 KBOX 040640
FWSBOX
Spot Forecast for Birch Hill WMA rx Burn 6/4/2025...Alex Entrup
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
240 AM EDT Wed Jun 4 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 EDT on June 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Plenty of sunshine today will result in a very warm afternoon.
High temperatures this afternoon should top out in the 85 to 90
degree range with southwest winds increasing to between 5 and 15
mph. Minimum afternoon relative humidity values should drop into
the 25 to 35 percent range. We should see relative humidity values
recover fairly quickly this evening as winds become light and
temperatures drop.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Dewpoint............48 increasing to 52 through early afternoon.
Max apparent temp...85.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph early in the
morning becoming light, then becoming southwest
5 to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (46800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 66 in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........25 22 20 16 13 14 15 13 10 11 12 10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............53 57 63 69 74 79 82 84 86 87 87 86
Dewpoint........47 50 52 52 52 53 52 51 51 51 51 51
RH..............80 77 67 55 46 41 35 32 30 29 29 30
Heat index (F)..53 57 63 69 74 79 81 82 84 85 85 84
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.8 8 9 12 14 16 16 16 16 17 17 17
Surface wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Surface wnd spd.2 2 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 9 9
Surface wnd gst.8 8 9 12 14 16 16 16 16 17 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.3 0.4 1.4 2.4 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.7 9 10 13 14 16 15 14 13 13 14 14
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............7 9 10 23 43 66 65 64 62 59 62 59
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 3 4 16 29 47 47 46 45 43 44 42
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Dewpoint............54 increasing to 57 until just after midnight.
Max apparent temp...82.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
light.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening becoming
light.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (29300 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (200 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................43 early in the evening decreasing to 2 late in
the night.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 7.0.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........5 8 5 2 2 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............83 74 68 65 62 59
Dewpoint........53 58 57 57 57 57
RH..............36 57 68 75 84 93
Heat index (F)..82 74 68 65 62 59
20 ft wind......SW 8 S 5 S 5 S 3 SW 1 SW 1
20 ft wind gust.16 13 10 8 7 6
Surface wind....SW 8 S 5 S 5 S 3 SW 1 SW 1
Surface wnd gst.16 13 10 8 7 6
Mix hgt (ft)....2400 400 300 200 100 100
Transport wind..SW 14 SW 13 SW 12 SW 9 SW 6 SW 5
LVORI...........M M M M M M
ADI.............43 6 5 4 3 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..29 4 3 2 0 0
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 13
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Dewpoint............60 increasing to 61 early.
Max apparent temp...90.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 7
mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......8100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (57500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 70 in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......13 increasing to 20 early in the morning, then
increasing to 25 early decreasing to 20 early
in the afternoon decreasing to 13 decreasing to
7.0 early in the afternoon decreasing to 6.0.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........5 7 25 48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Temp............62 75 87 90
Dewpoint........58 62 62 61
RH..............87 64 43 38
Heat index (F)..62 75 87 90
20 FT wind......SW 1G5 SW 2G7 SW 5G12 SW 7G14
Surface wind....SW 1G5 SW 2G7 SW 5G12 SW 7G14
Mix hgt (ft)....100 2500 7300 7800
Transport wind..W 5 W 6 W 5 SW 7
LVORI...........M M M M
ADI.............4 19 40 56
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 13 29 47
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR FAIR
Ceiling (kft)...13 25 20 6.0
$$
Forecaster...Frank
Requested by...MassWildlife
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/04/25
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.EMAIL alex.entrup@mass.gov