677
FNUS71 KPHI 300920
FWSPHI
SPOT FORECAST FOR PONDERS RX...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
520 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 30.
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 MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE
PASSES THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THEN A STRONGER AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THE COAST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS FOR THE START OF THE NEW WEEK. SEVERAL
COLD FRONTS MAY PASS THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (77200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (102200
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 138 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........52 64 47 74 80 69 64 58 43 36 35 34
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 54 56 58 60 63 65 67 67 68 69 68
RH..............96 93 90 83 75 67 60 54 50 47 44 44
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 12
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 15 15 16 17 18 18 20 18 20 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.6 3.4 4.2 5.1 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 18 17 16 16 16 17 20 20 20 20
ADI.............6 9 32 45 47 66 80 102 134 131 138 91
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 21 30 36 47 59 77 105 102 109 112
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (77300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (6900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
ADI.................103 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 6 LATE
IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........30 30 31 11 17 12 4 3 5 4 7 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 65 61 58 55 54 52 51 50 48 46 45
RH..............43 46 53 60 66 66 69 71 71 74 79 79
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.17 15 14 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 2.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 16 15 16 16 17 16 16 16 15 14
ADI.............103 12 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..77 40 9 8 10 10 12 9 8 7 8 7
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 9 TO
10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 81 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 14 9 23 21 18 16 14 12 16 19 23
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............45 44 48 51 55 59 62 63 65 66 67 66
RH..............76 79 71 63 53 42 38 36 34 33 32 33
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.5 2.4 3.6 4.7 5.1 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N NW NW NW NW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 15 14 12 9 10 12 13 12 10 9
ADI.............6 15 29 43 53 54 61 71 81 73 64 61
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 8 19 29 36 38 46 54 63 56 49 43
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR FR FR
FORECASTER...MPS
REQUESTED BY...FIRE MANAGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/30/26
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