730
FNUS71 KAKQ 081912
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNSET THURSDAY...PORTSMOUTH EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
312 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 EDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
HOTTER TEMPERATURES RETURN THURSDAY, WITH HIGHS REACHING THE LOWER 90S.
THE WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK IN THE MID 80S THEN DROP INTO
THE LOWER 80S BY SUNSET. MEANWHILE, A MORE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN DEVELOPS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES, WHICH WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS IN PLACE FOR THURSDAY.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...103.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39 38 60 60 60 62
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 40 40 40 40
TEMP............89 90 91 92 93 92
RH..............66 64 62 58 54 56
APARNT TMP (F)..100 102 102 102 103 102
SURFACE WND DIR.S SW W SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.6 7 8 8 8 8
SURFACE WND GST.9 10 12 12 13 13
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...102.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST
AROUND 6 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 11 7 4 3
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0
TEMP............91 90 87 85 83 82 81 80 80 79 78 77
RH..............60 62 68 72 77 79 82 82 82 85 85 87
APARNT TMP (F)..102 92 96 94 90 89 87 84 84 83 81 80
SURFACE WND DIR.SW SW W NW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
SURFACE WND SPD.6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6
SURFACE WND GST.10 9 9 8 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
FORECASTER...BARNHARDT
REQUESTED BY...L. TURNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2616990.0/AKQ
.DELDT 07/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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