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Spot Forecast for McLean Rx...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
548 AM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EST on March 06.
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...
Bermuda high pressure offshore will maintain well-above normal
temperatures and dew points well into next week, with fog likely
each night and early morning. Widely scattered thunderstorms are
possible each day Sunday through Tuesday.

Wind profile analysis/fire control over flat terrain is Favorable.

Fog potential for tonight is High.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Max mixing hgt......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph.
Max vent rate.......Poor (30446 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........8.
Max ADI.............37.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  58  51  47  41  34  27  19  17  14  11  14
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  62  64  67  71  73  76  78  79  79  78  75
RH..............100 100 97  92  85  77  68  62  60  60  62  68
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   1   2   2   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.4   3   4   5   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.5 2.8 3.3 3.7 2.9 2.6 1.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  9   10  12  12  12  10  9   8   9   10  12
Stability.......B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   F
LVORI...........7   8   6   4   4   3   3   3   1   3   3   3
ADI.............11  10  11  20  26  36  37  37  36  33  33  5
Vrate mph-ft/1K.5   4   8   15  21  29  29  30  30  27  27  16
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Sfc pres (in)...019 024 024 024 029 029 029 026 026 026 022 022

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent). Patchy fog in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Min mixing hgt......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph.
Min vent rate.......Poor (4350 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........9.
Min ADI.............4.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........17  19  24  29  34  37  40  43  45  47  50  52
Weather cov.....                PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....                FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............72  68  67  65  63  63  62  62  62  62  61  61
RH..............78  86  90  95  99  100 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.7   6   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.12  10  10  10  10  12  12  10  10  10  9   9
Stability.......F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F   B
LVORI...........4   5   6   6   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8
ADI.............5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   10
Vrate mph-ft/1K.5   4   5   5   5   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Sfc pres (in)...022 025 025 025 028 028 028 027 027 027 025 025

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Max mixing hgt......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph.
Max vent rate.......Marginal (43141 mph-ft).
Max LVORI...........8.
Max ADI.............53.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54  56  53  50  47  42  37  32  27  23  18  19
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............62  61  64  67  70  72  75  76  77  77  76  73
RH..............100 100 98  91  85  77  70  65  62  62  64  69
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.4   4   5   6   8   10  11  12  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.2
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.10  9   10  12  13  12  13  13  13  14  14  14
Stability.......B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   B   E
LVORI...........7   8   7   4   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   3
ADI.............11  10  12  23  37  36  43  49  50  52  53  9
Vrate mph-ft/1K.5   4   9   18  30  29  34  40  41  42  43  30
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  PR
Sfc pres (in)...025 027 027 027 028 028 028 024 024 024 018 018

$$
Forecaster...Baker
Requested by...Nathan Burmester
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604936.0/ILM
.DELDT 03/06/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nathan.burmester@tnc.org