055
FNUS71 KPHI 300659
FWSPHI
SPOT FORECAST FOR QUAIL 2...MARYLAND FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
259 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD, REMAINING OFF THE EASTERN
SEABOARD THROUGH MID-WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTH SLIGHTLY
AND STALLING NEAR THE REGION LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND, MAKING
FOR AN UNSETTLED PATTERN.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 29 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (49800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (79700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................56 TO 68.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........66 74 74 74 65 65 54 51
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 30 30 20 20 20 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 30 30 20 20 20 10
TEMP............58 61 62 63 65 67 68 68
RH..............64 58 58 56 54 50 49 51
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..15 16 16 16 16 16 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.26 29 29 29 29 28 25 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 2.3 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.30 29 26 25 25 26 26 23
ADI.............56 59 56 58 60 66 68 59
VRATE KT-FT/1K..50 56 56 60 65 74 80 70
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER 3
AM.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO 20
PERCENT AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH
LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (8500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
ADI.................14 TO 51.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........58 50 56 54 57 57 60 49 51 37 53 53
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20
TEMP............69 67 64 62 63 62 62 61 61 60 60 60
RH..............49 52 58 65 60 65 65 67 67 72 72 75
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.21 18 17 18 18 20 21 20 21 22 23 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 16 17 20 20 21 20 21 21 22 22 21
ADI.............51 14 15 18 18 19 18 19 19 15 20 19
VRATE KT-FT/1K..36 9 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 14
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 26 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (70500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................15 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 67 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........51 48 45 40 35 32 31 30 32 35 38 42
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 59 60 63 67 70 73 75 77 78 79 78
RH..............83 80 78 72 63 59 53 50 47 45 44 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15
20 FT WIND GUST.23 22 21 21 23 25 25 24 25 25 26 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.7 1.0 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 20 23 28 28 28 25 25 24 24 25 25
ADI.............19 15 26 62 67 56 54 58 61 61 62 63
VRATE KT-FT/1K..14 11 19 42 47 54 53 62 69 70 70 71
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR FR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...RCM
REQUESTED BY...GILBERT WAGNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/30/26
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