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FNUS71 KBOX 171102  
FWSBOX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CPED-RX-BA7-20250417-01...MASSACHUSETTS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
702 AM EDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 17.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH TODAY. DRY, WITH  
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 30-35 PERCENT. WINDS DIMINISH TONIGHT.  
DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY, WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS  
OF 10 TO 15 MPH.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.  
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............30 DECREASING TO 26 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...55.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 17 TO 21 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (46600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (87600 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................58 TO 60 INCREASING TO 68 TO 72 EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING TO 77 TO 79 EARLY IN  
THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 68 LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 85.  
CEILING (KFT).......20 INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........13 22 15 10 9 5 8 6  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............46 48 51 52 54 54 54 55  
DEWPOINT........30 32 32 31 31 29 28 26  
RH..............53 54 48 44 41 38 36 32  
HEAT INDEX (F)..41 44 51 52 54 54 54 55  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 16 17 18 18 18 17  
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10  
SURFACE WND GST.16 16 16 17 18 18 18 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.0 4.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 18 18 20 20 18 21  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............58 60 68 72 79 77 68 85  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..47 52 63 70 81 77 64 88  
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD  
CEILING (KFT)...20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.  
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............27.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...32.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING  
LIGHT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING  
LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 10  
MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (56400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................66 DECREASING TO 3 TO 7.  
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEN  
INCREASING TO 25 EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........2 5 3 3 14 20 15 10 6 4 3 2  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............51 49 47 44 43 41 40 39 37 36 35 35  
DEWPOINT........26 27 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 28 28 28  
RH..............37 42 47 53 57 62 64 67 72 72 75 75  
HEAT INDEX (F)..51 46 44 41 40 38 37 37 34 33 32 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 14 13 12 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 6  
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W W NW W W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.9 7 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2  
SURFACE WND GST.16 14 13 12 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW W NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 16 15 13 13 10 9 8 8 8 8 7  
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4  
ADI.............66 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..56 21 10 7 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2  
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 25 25  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............31 INCREASING TO 34 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...35.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE  
MORNING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST  
5 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 18 TO  
24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (42300 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................6 TO 14 INCREASING TO 29, THEN INCREASING TO 48  
TO 55 EARLY INCREASING TO 55 TO 60 EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 38 TO 41.  
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 13.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........2 1 15 28 42 60  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............35 40 50 53 54 53  
DEWPOINT........29 30 31 31 31 33  
RH..............78 67 48 43 41 46  
HEAT INDEX (F)..35 38 48 53 54 53  
20 FT WIND......W 2 W 3 SW 6 SW 9 SW 13 SW 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 12 16 22 23  
SURFACE WIND....W 2 W 3 SW 6 SW 9 SW 13 SW 14  
SURFACE WND GST.6 6 12 16 22 23  
MIX HGT (FT)....200 500 2000 2400 2000 1600  
TRANSPORT WIND..W 7 W 6 SW 12 SW 18 SW 24 SW 24  
LVORI...........4 3 2 1 1 1  
ADI.............7 6 29 51 60 41  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 20 38 42 34  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR FAIR POOR  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 20 20  
 

 
FORECASTER...BELK  
REQUESTED BY...JOEL CARLSON  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2510842.0/BOX  
.DELDT 04/17/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOEL.CARLSON@MASS.GOV  
 
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