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FNUS71 KPHI 262140
FWSPHI
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITTINGHAM RXB...NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
540 PM EDT THU MAR 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1800 EDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE TO OUR NORTH WITH A TRAILING COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE THEN
BUILDS IN FOR LATER IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN
UNSETTLED PATTERN TAKES HOLD FOR THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PART OF
NEXT WEEK WITH A SERIES OF FRONTS MOVING THROUGH.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20-30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING, THEN INCREASING TO
90-100 PERCENT OVERNIGHT, DECREASING TO 50 PERCENT
AFTER 4 AM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........WINDS SHIFT FROM SSW TO NNW LATE IN THE NIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTS
UP TO 24 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (37300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (7700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
ADI.................11 TO 50.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........58 66 76 80 88 89 92 95 98 94 95 95
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............30 20 20 50 80 80 90 90 100 80 70 50
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 50 80 80 90 90 100 80 70 50
TEMP............70 68 66 65 64 63 62 60 59 57 54 53
RH..............47 51 54 60 65 72 78 84 87 86 86 83
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S SW SW SW SW W W NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.22 21 22 23 24 24 24 23 22 21 20 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 18 22 21 21 18 18 18 17 13 13
ADI.............50 15 16 20 19 19 16 16 16 15 11 11
VRATE KT-FT/1K..37 13 11 15 16 16 12 11 12 19 8 10
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
IN THE MORNING (25-35 PERCENT), ENDING AROUND
MIDDAY.
CWR.................40 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH IN
THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 16 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 17 TO 18 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (66700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 91 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........95 93 92 91 85 76 61 48 42 46 49 51
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............40 40 30 30 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 30 30 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 0
TEMP............51 48 46 45 44 43 44 45 46 46 46 46
RH..............80 80 79 73 68 65 58 53 47 47 43 42
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..8 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.22 23 24 24 24 23 22 20 18 17 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 20 25 25 26 28 24 23 22 21 18 17
ADI.............14 31 53 56 61 63 77 76 76 91 84 46
VRATE KT-FT/1K..16 24 52 56 63 67 62 64 66 65 61 56
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD FR
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (7200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
ADI.................63 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........44 38 31 22 29 35 40 45 50 39 27 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 43 41 39 37 36 34 32 30 28 27 26
RH..............41 47 48 50 52 52 54 53 55 55 53 52
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 1.8 0.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.4 1.8 1.9 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 12 13 13 14 14 14 17 18 18 18 18
ADI.............63 5 6 6 6 6 6 12 25 12 12 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..45 18 7 18 18 18 20 33 39 29 31 32
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (41300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (150000 KNOT-FT) IN
THE AFTERNOON.
ADI.................13 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 186 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........15 13 12 16 21 25 26 27 28 25 22 19
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............25 24 25 27 30 33 35 36 37 38 39 38
RH..............52 54 52 48 41 36 33 30 28 27 26 27
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.16 18 20 20 20 22 22 22 22 22 21 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 2.9 3.4 4.3 5.2 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25
ADI.............13 63 71 107 128 98 104 110 116 117 118 186
VRATE KT-FT/1K..41 51 61 79 97 116 127 140 153 152 151 150
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL
FORECASTER...AKL
REQUESTED BY...ANDOVER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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