Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Mt. Holly, NJ
Issued by NWS Mt. Holly, NJ
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Spot Forecast for Beltsville Dove Fields...Pa Game Commission
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
354 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 EDT on August 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
A cold front will pass through the region tonight then becomes
stationary over the Mid- Atlantic into the new week. High
pressure builds in from the north through the middle to end of
next week as Hurricane Erin passes by well offshore.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17300 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (11300 knot-ft) late in the
night.
ADI.................6 to 10.
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37 49 40 44 60 79
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 10 10 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 0 0 0
Temp............72 71 70 68 67 66
RH..............87 87 87 87 87 84
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 8 6 6
20 FT wind gust.17 16 16 16 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.3
Transp wind dir.N N N N N NE
Transp wind spd.13 15 14 14 14 15
ADI.............6 10 6 9 9 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 16 13 12 11 17
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
showers early in the morning.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent early in
the morning, then decreasing to 10 percent in
the late morning and afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
east late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 17 mph shifting to the east 7 to
8 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (28800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
ADI.................9 to 41.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80 77 73 63 64 74 76 80 74 67 48 57
Weather cov..... SCH
Weather type.... RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............64 64 65 66 67 68 69 71 71 72 72 72
RH..............87 84 81 81 78 73 70 66 66 66 64 66
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.14 16 16 16 16 16 14 12 10 9 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.8 3.7
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.14 15 17 15 14 13 12 12 10 8 8 7
ADI.............9 25 41 36 36 34 36 36 32 27 39 25
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 17 28 25 26 25 28 29 25 22 27 22
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
showers early in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 20 percent early in the
evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15800 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2200 knot-ft) late in the
night.
ADI.................2 to 19.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........56 67 73 60 57 53 56 58 61 65 69 73
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Temp............72 71 67 65 64 63 62 62 61 60 60 60
RH..............64 66 75 84 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87
20 FT wind dir..E E SE SE E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 7 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Transp wind dir.E SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.6 6 5 3 3 3 5 6 7 7 8 8
ADI.............19 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..16 8 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 7
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
showers.
CWR.................20 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind shift..........
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (41800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
ADI.................4 to 27 early in the morning.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71 69 67 65 63 61 62 64 65 65 65 65
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Temp............60 61 62 64 67 69 71 72 73 74 74 73
RH..............87 87 84 78 68 63 59 59 57 55 57 59
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.7 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.2 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.0
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.9 12 13 13 13 12 10 10 9 9 9 9
ADI.............4 20 27 M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9 13 18 23 27 31 34 36 37 40 42 40
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR
$$
Forecaster...MJL
Requested by...Tyler Wilson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2520088.0/PHI
.DELDT 08/17/25
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.EMAIL jwilson@pasen.gov