Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
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FWSILM
Spot Forecast for ESCZ-Dow1...DoD Army
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
147 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EST on March 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...or if you have questions
or concerns about this forecast...contact the National Weather
Service in Wilmington at 910-762-1374.
.DISCUSSION...
Cool high pressure will extend down from the north into tonight.
Temperatures will moderate through midweek as the high shifts
offshore, with low rain chances for the latter half of the week.
Fog potential for tonight is Low.
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph in the late morning
and afternoon becoming light.
Max mixing hgt......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 13 mph.
Max vent rate.......Poor (9975 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........5.
Max ADI.............13.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63 61 48 52 42 30 39 46 44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............53 56 58 60 61 61 61 61 59
RH..............90 87 83 79 78 77 77 80 86
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E
20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 6 7 6 6 5 3
20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 11 10 10 9 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7
Transp wind dir.NE NE E NE E E E E E
Transp wind spd.12 13 10 9 9 8 8 8 8
Stability.......D C B C B B B B E
LVORI...........5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
ADI.............13 10 11 9 11 10 9 9 5
Vrate mph-ft/1K.8 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 6
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Sfc pres (in)...038 041 041 041 036 036 036 033 033
.TUESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Min mixing hgt......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 8 mph shifting to the west 6 to
7 mph after 3 am.
Min vent rate.......Poor (1688 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........9.
Min ADI.............3.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........42 39 40 35 30 32 33 35 44 52 61 63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............57 55 55 54 54 54 54 54 54 53 53 53
RH..............90 96 95 96 98 99 99 99 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..E E E E SE SE S S N N N N
20 FT wind spd..3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.E E E SE SE S S S SW SW W W
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 6 6
Stability.......F F F F F F F F F F F A
LVORI...........6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
ADI.............4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 6
Vrate mph-ft/1K.4 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Sfc pres (in)...033 034 034 034 032 032 032 029 029 029 029 029
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
afternoon.
Max mixing hgt......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph shifting to the south 7
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Max vent rate.......Poor (10671 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........9.
Max ADI.............14.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64 66 59 51 44 41 38 35 37 39 41 40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............52 53 55 58 61 63 64 65 66 66 66 64
RH..............100 100 97 93 89 85 81 78 77 76 78 82
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 5
20 FT wind gust.2 2 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 9 9 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 10
Stability.......A A A B B B B B B B B E
LVORI...........9 9 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............6 6 6 6 9 10 12 14 14 14 13 7
Vrate mph-ft/1K.2 1 3 5 7 8 9 11 11 10 10 8
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Sfc pres (in)...029 032 032 032 034 034 034 031 031 031 027 027
$$
Forecaster...31
Requested by...KCrawford
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/02/26
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.EMAIL trent.k.crawford.civ@army.mil