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Spot Forecast for Sandhills 12...NC State Parks
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
851 AM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on August 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact this NWS office if you have questions or
concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Moist southwesterly flow, between an upper trough west of the
Appalachians and a subtropical ridge off the Southeast coast, will
persist over the region through the end of the week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 51 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.20 inches.
Visibility..........7 increasing to 9 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........41  33  39  44  47  45  54  60  72  76  67
Weather cov.....                        SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  20  40  40  30  20
Temp............75  77  79  82  84  86  88  88  87  86  86
RH..............97  94  88  82  74  68  63  63  63  65  68
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   6   6   7   7   3   3   3   8
20 FT wind gust.7   8   9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.0 1.6 2.4 3.1 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.5 2.3
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   9   10  9   9   9   9   10  12  12  12
LVORI...........8   4   4   4   3   3   3   1   1   1   3
ADI.............3   21  21  21  40  40  40  51  51  51  24
Visibility (sm).7   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 to 24.
Pcpn amount.........0.09 inches.
Visibility..........8.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........66  64  67  56  45  35  30  25  20  25  29  34
Weather cov.....SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............85  82  80  79  78  77  76  76  75  75  75  75
RH..............67  74  79  82  85  87  90  90  94  94  94  94
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   7   6   5   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.14  12  8   7   7   8   8   8   7   7   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.1 0.5 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   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  10  9   9   10  10  9   9   9   9   8   8
LVORI...........3   3   4   4   4   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
ADI.............24  24  6   6   6   4   4   4   4   4   4   3
Visibility (sm).10  10  10  10  10  10  9   9   10  9   9   8

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 13 mph.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 45 in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
Visibility..........6 increasing to 9 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........41  48  55  54  54  53  52  50  48  45  59  42
Weather cov.....                                CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  30  30  30  20
Temp............75  75  76  79  83  86  87  90  91  91  92  90
RH..............94  94  94  88  77  70  68  60  58  58  54  58
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   3   5   6   6   7   7   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.6   5   5   7   8   9   9   12  13  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.7 4.2 4.8 5.4 5.2 4.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   8   9   9   10  12  10  10  12  13
LVORI...........6   6   4   4   4   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   3   18  18  18  45  45  45  45  45  45  37
Visibility (sm).8   7   6   7   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...GREEN
Requested by...FMO
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619070.0/RAH
.DELDT 08/06/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL thomas.crate@ncparks.gov