Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
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Spot Forecast for Pettiford Creek II Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
540 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on April 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative, or if you have questions
or concerns about this forecast, contact the National Weather
Service in Newport at (252)223-2328.
.DISCUSSION...
Mostly cloudy skies and a chance of light rain showers will keep
afternoon relative humidities moderated to no lower than around
70% this afternoon. Winds will be light out of the south today,
with gusts 10-15 mph this afternoon.
The next chance of rain will be Friday night into Saturday, with
widespread rain amounts of over 1" possible.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then a chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 9 mph. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
late in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 2 to 3 mph shifting to the southwest
2 to 10 mph early in the morning, then shifting
to the south around 12 mph late in the
afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 28059 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 9.
ADI.................Max 33.
Stability class.....3.
Sfc pressure........29.83 to 29.99 inHg.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71 75 74 70 72 88 86 87 89 82 78 80
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............57 57 61 65 68 70 71 71 71 71 70 69
RH..............96 100 93 84 78 76 73 76 76 79 81 87
20 FT wind dir..W W SW SW SW S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 3 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
20 FT wind gust. 5 5 9 9 14 14 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.8 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.7
Transp wind dir.NW W SW SW SW S S S S S S SW
Transp wind spd.3 2 3 2 6 7 9 10 12 12 12 12
LVORI...........8 9 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............2 2 3 3 14 22 32 31 33 27 26 25
Vrate mph-ft/1K.1 1 2 2 10 18 26 27 28 22 21 20
Sfc pres (in)...996 998 999 999 998 996 994 992 989 987 985 983
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy then
becoming mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the west
around 6 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
the late evening and overnight.
Mixing Height.......Min 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 16 mph shifting to the west 12
to 13 mph overnight.
Vent Rate...........Min 5750 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 8.
ADI.................Min 8.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........29.73 to 29.81 inHg.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........76 59 69 54 43 53 59 56 70 61 68 74
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............69 69 69 67 66 66 65 65 65 63 62 61
RH..............87 87 90 97 100 100 100 97 97 97 97 97
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW W W W W NW
20 FT wind spd..8 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.14 14 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Transp wind dir.S S S S SW SW SW SW W W W NW
Transp wind spd.12 13 12 12 14 16 13 12 13 13 12 12
LVORI...........4 5 5 6 8 7 8 6 6 6 6 6
ADI.............21 11 8 8 9 11 8 8 8 8 8 8
Vrate mph-ft/1K.16 11 8 8 9 8 7 6 7 8 7 9
Sfc pres (in)...981 979 978 978 978 978 976 975 973 973 973 974
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
Slight chance of rain showers early in the
morning.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing Height.......Max 3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 15 mph.
Vent Rate...........Max 40710 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 6.
ADI.................Max 50.
Stability class.....3.
Sfc pressure........29.75 to 29.80 inHg.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........85 82 68 62 47 32
Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC S CHC
Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............60 60 65 72 74 75
RH..............93 84 73 53 46 43
20 ft wind......NW 5 N 6 N 7 N 7 N 7 NW 6
20 ft wind gust.9 9 14 14 14 9
Mix hgt (ft)....800 1100 1800 2500 3500 3800
Transport wind..NW 14 N 14 N 14 N 13 N 12 NW 10
LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1
ADI.............9 20 31 36 50 46
Vrate mph-ft/1K.12 16 24 32 41 38
Sfc pres (in)...29.75 29.77 29.79 29.80 29.79 29.77
$$
Forecaster...Lonka
Requested by...David Nelson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611651.5/MHX
.DELDT 04/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL david.l.nelson@usda.gov