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FNUS72 KILM 251247
FWSILM
SPOT FORECAST FOR Q-7...NC WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
747 AM EST WED FEB 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON FEBRUARY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FORECAST...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 910-762-1374.
DISCUSSION
BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS TO START TODAY, WITH GUSTS OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST UP TO 27 MPH BETWEEN 10 AM - NOON EST TODAY. RH VALUES
DIP DOWN TO NEAR 30% BY AROUND NOON EST, REMAINING THAT WAY FOR A
COUPLE HOURS. AT THAT POINT, RH STARTS TO RECOVER FROM THE SW IN
THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES GET UP INTO THE LOWER 60S TODAY AHEAD
OF THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM, WITH RAIN CHANCES RETURNING FROM
THURSDAY ONWARD.
WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE.
FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT IS NONE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 24 MPH.
MAX MIXING HGT......3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD (89622 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........2.
MAX ADI.............68.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........68 59 64 69 74 69 64 59 64
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 52 56 59 60 61 62 61 59
RH..............47 40 36 33 32 35 38 43 50
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 24 24 22 20 20 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.9 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 26 28 28 26 26 26 26 20
STABILITY.......C D D D D D D D D
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............39 49 62 68 66 67 67 66 23
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.30 50 74 87 87 88 90 85 17
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD PR
SFC PRES (IN)...999 997 997 997 989 989 989 986 986
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
IN THE EVENING.
MIN MIXING HGT......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 18 MPH.
MIN VENT RATE.......POOR (7465 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........5.
MIN ADI.............10.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........69 74 80 86 92 93 92 88 93 95 91 93
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 55 54 52 51 51 51 52 52 52 52 52
RH..............58 66 72 78 85 85 86 86 85 86 88 89
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.20 19 18 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 17 18 17 16 16 15 17 16 15 16
STABILITY.......D D D D D D D E E E E E
LVORI...........2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
ADI.............16 16 15 16 15 14 14 10 12 11 10 11
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.9 8 9 11 9 8 8 7 9 8 9 11
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SFC PRES (IN)...986 990 990 990 995 995 995 996 996 996 996 996
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX MIXING HGT......2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 28
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD (75456 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........5.
MAX ADI.............63.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........89 93 88 89 89 90 92 93 92 90 89 88
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RN RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............52 53 55 58 61 63 64 65 65 65 64 63
RH..............90 88 87 83 78 74 72 70 70 70 72 75
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 7 8 9 9 10 10 9 9 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 12 14 14 17 18 18 18 17 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 1.1 1.9 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 16 16 23 25 26 28 28 25 24 22 20
STABILITY.......D D D D D D D D D D D D
LVORI...........5 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3
ADI.............15 18 22 43 52 60 61 63 56 50 43 32
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.9 11 18 43 57 71 73 75 65 55 46 30
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD FR FR PR
FORECASTER...BOATMAN
REQUESTED BY...HAGEN BLAKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/25/26
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