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FNUS71 KAKQ 192002
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR 20260820 SUNSET THURSDAY...PORTSMOUTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
402 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 EDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON, WITH THE EARLY AFTERNOON LOOK MOSTLY DRY. SHOWERS AND STORMS
BECOME LIKELY BY THE EARLY EVENING (5 PM), WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS CLOSER TO SUNSET. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FOR
FLOODING ARE BOTH IN PLACE FOR TOMORROW EVENING, WITH STRONG WINDS AND FLOODING
RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS, THE WET BULB GLOBE
TEMPERATURE WILL PEAK AROUND 85F THEN DROP QUICKLY TO AROUND 80F AS IT STARTS TO
STORM.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...103.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........7 DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........36 52 69 69 69 79
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC LKY
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 50 50 50 70
TEMP............89 90 91 91 92 91
RH..............64 62 58 58 58 60
APARNT TMP (F)..99 101 101 101 103 102
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S
SURFACE WND SPD.9 9 9 9 9 9
SURFACE WND GST.14 15 16 16 16 16
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 4
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...101.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.
VISIBILITY..........4 INCREASING TO 7 OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........79 79 84 84 84 90 90 90 68 78 81 83
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 80 80 80 80 80 80 50 50 50 40
TEMP............90 88 85 82 80 79 79 78 77 76 76 75
RH..............62 66 72 79 85 85 85 88 90 90 90 94
APARNT TMP (F)..101 98 94 89 85 83 83 82 81 80 80 79
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 4 4 3
SURFACE WND GST.15 14 13 12 12 9 9 9 9 8 7 6
VISIBILITY (SM).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7
FORECASTER...BARNHARDT
REQUESTED BY...ANNA MCRAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2620016.0/AKQ
.DELDT 08/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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