366
FNUS71 KPHI 131744
FWSPHI
SPOT FORECAST FOR CHARCOAL FIRE...PA DCNR BUREAU OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
144 PM EDT MON APR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 EDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A STRETCH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES BEGINS TODAY AND LIKELY WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. THIS WARM
STRETCH COULD PRODUCE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FEW WEAK SYSTEMS MAY GRAZE THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEK, BUT THE PATTERN WILL LARGELY REMAIN DRY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 29 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (71100 KNOT-FT).
ADI.................63 TO 85.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 17
MPH.
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........62 51 54
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 20
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20
TEMP............74 75 74
RH..............50 50 50
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.29 29 28
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.9 9 8
EYE LVL WND GST.17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 3.5 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.31 29 25
ADI.............85 75 63
VRATE KT-FT/1K..106 88 71
VENTRATE CAT....VGD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
24 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH
LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
ADI.................60 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS UP TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 14
MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........50 15 6 17 15 24 29 27 31 21 18 32
WEATHER COV.....CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............30 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 73 70 68 66 65 64 63 62 61 59 58
RH..............51 55 61 65 70 73 78 84 84 87 90 93
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..13 9 7 7 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.24 20 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 7 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1
EYE LVL WND GST.14 12 9 8 8 7 6 5 5 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 16 13 13 13 12 10 10 9 8 8 7
ADI.............60 14 8 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..44 11 7 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 17
TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (94600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 120 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 3 MPH INCREASING TO UP
TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........20 29 30 41 44 13 20 38 30 34 39 27
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 20 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 20 10
TEMP............58 57 59 63 68 72 75 78 79 81 81 81
RH..............93 96 93 87 76 66 60 52 50 47 46 46
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 2 3 5 7 9 10 12 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 8 10 14 17 20 22 22 22 22
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.8 2.4 3.4 4.3 5.3 4.8 4.4 3.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 9 13 15 17 18 21 22 22 23
ADI.............3 7 7 13 28 47 70 96 88 120 115 108
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 3 3 9 19 32 50 71 95 90 84 78
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...MJL
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMMAND GREG REESE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610196.0/PHI
.DELDT 04/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL GREGREESE@PA.GOV
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page