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Spot Forecast for Lakeside Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
707 AM EDT Sat Apr 4 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on April 04.
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...
High pressure remains centered offshore bringing dry weather,
southerly flow and above normal temperatures today. Modest south
to southwesterly winds continues with gusts around 15-20 mph,
with minimum relative humidities around 50 to 55 percent this
afternoon. With background southerly flow, the seabreeze is not
expected to produce a sharp wind shift this afternoon.

Windier conditions will develop Sunday as gradients tighten ahead
of a cold front. Showers and thunderstorms will develop mid to
late afternoon with around a half inch of rainfall expected,
possibly higher in thunderstorms.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts around
                    15-20 mph late this morning and afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 18 mph.
Vent Rate...........Max 60029 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 7.
ADI.................Max 58.
Stability class.....2.
Sfc pressure........30.21 to 30.30 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  40  31  21  25  14  21  15  12  10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............61  67  72  75  78  78  78  78  77  75
RH..............100 84  71  64  56  56  56  56  58  62
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..4   5   6   7   8   9   9   10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.5           14  14  14  14  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.3 2.3 3.2 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  14  14  15  15  16  16  17  18
LVORI...........7   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............11  19  41  54  53  54  58  55  57  56
Vrate mph-ft/1K.5   14  32  44  54  56  60  54  55  50
Sfc pres (in)...030 030 030 029 029 028 026 025 023 021

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 9 mph.
Mixing Height.......Min 600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 20 mph.
Vent Rate...........Min 8625 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 5.
ADI.................Min 10.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........30.15 to 30.22 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........12  17  25  24  33  28  41  38  45  34  33  37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............73  71  68  66  66  65  65  65  65  65  64  64
RH..............66  71  78  87  87  90  90  87  87  87  87  87
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.14  14  9   9   9   9   9   9   14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.20  16  15  15  15  16  16  17  16  17  17  16
LVORI...........1   3   4   5   5   5   5   5   4   5   5   5
ADI.............50  11  10  10  10  11  14  12  14  12  12  11
Vrate mph-ft/1K.42  11  9   9   10  9   10  12  11  12  14  14
Sfc pres (in)...021 020 020 021 022 022 022 020 019 018 016 015

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Showers becoming likely with a chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts around
                    20 to 30 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......Max 3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 23 mph increasing to 26 to 30
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Max 96599 mph-ft.
LVORI...............Max 5.
ADI.................Max 84.
Stability class.....4.
Sfc pressure........30.01 to 30.15 inHg.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........31     42     40     47     70     70
Weather cov.....                            LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
Temp............64     65     71     75     76     75
RH..............87     87     76     66     64     69
20 ft wind......S 9    S 10   SW 11  SW 13  S 15   SW 15
20 ft wind gust.14     18     18     23     27     26
Mix hgt (ft)....900    1200   2900   3400   3400   2900
Transport wind..S 16   SW 18  SW 26  SW 28  SW 29  SW 30
LVORI...........5      4      3      1      1      1
ADI.............11     29     84     71     73     69
Vrate mph-ft/1K.14     23     78     95     97     84
Sfc pres (in)...30.14  30.15  30.15  30.12  30.07  30.02

$$
Forecaster...Kennedy
Requested by...David Nelson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608776.3/MHX
.DELDT 04/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL david.l.nelson@usda.gov