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FNUS71 KBOX 180952
FWSBOX
SPOT FORECAST FOR FREETOWN RX- CENTRAL TRACT-UNIT I...MA DCR FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
552 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY TODAY WITH AN INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND THIS MORNING.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BETWEEN 25 TO 35 PERCENT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............28 INCREASING TO 31 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...35.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3
TO 12 MPH EARLY, THEN INCREASING TO 14 TO 22
MPH EARLY INCREASING TO 24 TO 25 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (55300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 TO 10 INCREASING TO 32, THEN INCREASING TO 52
TO 60 EARLY INCREASING TO 66 TO 71 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 44.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 15.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 1 1 1 1 3 9 17 16 22 38 60
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............35 37 42 49 53 57 58 59 60 60 59 57
DEWPOINT........26 27 29 30 29 28 29 29 30 30 31 32
RH..............69 67 60 48 39 33 33 32 32 32 34 38
HEAT INDEX (F)..35 37 42 49 53 57 58 59 60 60 59 57
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.5 3 3 7 10 13 16 18 21 23 23 25
SURFACE WND DIR.W W SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.1 1 1 2 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 13
SURFACE WND GST.5 3 3 7 10 13 16 18 21 23 23 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 1.3 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.1 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 3 6 12 14 16 18 22 24 25 25
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 4 3 10 32 52 60 59 69 71 66 44
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 6 22 36 42 48 55 54 47 37
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR PR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 15
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
EARLY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............34 INCREASING TO 44.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...56.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 26 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 26 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (9100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................29 DECREASING TO 18 TO 20.
CEILING (KFT).......13 DECREASING TO 11 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT, THEN INCREASING TO 15 EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........75 85 71 74 75 65 67 69 71 73 75 77
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 53 51 50 50 50 49 50 51 50 51 51
DEWPOINT........33 34 34 35 36 38 40 42 43 44 46 46
RH..............42 48 52 56 58 63 71 74 74 80 83 83
HEAT INDEX (F)..56 53 51 46 46 46 44 46 51 46 51 51
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.26 25 24 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 23
SURFACE WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13
SURFACE WND GST.26 25 24 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 21 21 22 21 21 20 21 21 20 20 20
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
ADI.............29 19 19 20 19 19 18 19 19 18 18 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..21 14 12 12 11 12 11 9 11 9 11 12
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
CEILING (KFT)...15 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 11 12 13 15
FORECASTER...BELK
REQUESTED BY...AARON WHIDDON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510979.0/BOX
.DELDT 04/18/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL AARON.WHIDDON@MASS.GOV
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