708  
FNUS71 KBOX 061623  
FWSBOX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MENDON ROCK THE BLOCK...MASSACHUSETTS EMA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
1223 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WITH SOUTHERLY BREEZES UP TO 25 MPH ARE  
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDAFTERNOON HOURS, TO GO ALONG WITH DRY  
WEATHER. ALTHOUGH A ROGUE SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE  
THROUGH 5 PM, THE MOST CONCENTRATED PERIOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS  
IS BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. LIGHTNING, HEAVY DOWNPOURS  
AND BRIEF STRONG WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER  
11 PM, THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHES, ALTHOUGH RAIN  
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT A STEADY LIGHT INTENSITY FOR THE  
OVERNIGHT, WHICH LINGERS INTO SUNDAY MORNING.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF RAIN......22 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...32 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...90.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...90.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...90.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 16  
MPH.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
26 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
26 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
100 FT WIND.........  
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.06 INCHES.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.  
CEILING (KFT).......5.3 INCREASING TO 9.2 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON,  
THEN INCREASING TO 10 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 8.7 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
VISIBILITY..........10.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 TO 29 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (56300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (112300 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 84 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........46 37 35 49 48 58  
WEATHER COV..... ISO SCT SCT  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ ISO  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 30 30  
CHC OF RAIN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 10 10 20 20 30  
TEMP............82 84 84 83 82 79  
RH..............72 67 67 67 69 79  
HEAT INDEX (F)..87 90 90 88 86 79  
WIND CHILL (F)..87 90 90 88 86 79  
APARNT TMP (F)..87 90 90 88 86 79  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 13 13 13 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 25 25 24 24 26  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 8 8 8 8 8  
EYE LVL WND GST.14 15 15 14 14 16  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.12 13 13 13 13 14  
SURFACE WND GST.23 25 25 24 24 26  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 4.0 4.5 4.5 3.7 2.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW S SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 24 26 29 29 26  
100 FT WIND.....  
LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 4  
ADI.............51 67 77 84 76 1  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..56 85 104 112 91 66  
VENTRATE CAT....FR GD VGD VGD GD GD  
CEILING (KFT)...5.3 5.8 9.2 10 11 8.7  
VISIBILITY (SM).10 10 10 10 10 10  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS  
LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER  
MIDNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF RAIN......64 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...42 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...76.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...76.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...76.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST UP TO 4 MPH EARLY,  
THEN BECOMING LIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
23 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 21  
MPH, THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE  
IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
23 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 21  
MPH, THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE  
IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY  
IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY  
IN THE MORNING.  
100 FT WIND.........  
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.30 INCHES.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.30 INCHES.  
CEILING (KFT).......7.7 DECREASING TO 3.6 EARLY IN THE EVENING,  
THEN DECREASING TO 1.4 EARLY DECREASING TO 1.2  
INCREASING TO 1.7 DECREASING TO 1.0 EARLY IN  
THE MORNING DECREASING TO 0.6.  
VISIBILITY..........5 INCREASING TO 10 AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEN  
DECREASING TO 6 EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8  
TO 10 MPH EARLY, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST  
6 TO 8 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (42000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (2500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............8.  
ADI.................1 TO 10.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........70 95 87 84 87 86 88 85 86 89 89 91  
WEATHER COV.....NUM WID WID WID LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCT SCT ISO SCH SCH ISO  
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 90 90 90 70 60 60 60 60 60 70 70  
CHC OF RAIN (%).30 40 30 60 60 50 50 60 40 40 40 50  
CHC OF THDR (%).40 40 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 20  
TEMP............76 73 70 68 68 67 65 65 64 62 62 61  
RH..............85 93 100 100 97 97 100 100 97 100 100 100  
HEAT INDEX (F)..76 73 70 68 68 67 65 65 64 62 62 61  
WIND CHILL (F)..76 73 70 68 68 67 65 65 64 62 62 61  
APARNT TMP (F)..76 73 70 68 68 67 65 65 64 62 62 61  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW W W NW NW NW N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 21 14 12 10 8 8 8 8 7 8 9  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S SW W W NW NW NW N N N N N  
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 6 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
EYE LVL WND GST.14 13 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5  
SURFACE WND DIR.S SW W W NW NW NW N N N N N  
SURFACE WND SPD.12 10 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
SURFACE WND GST.23 21 14 12 10 8 8 8 8 7 8 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.1 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W NW NW NW N N N N NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 12 10 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5  
100 FT WIND.....  
LVORI...........6 6 9 9 7 8 9 9 8 10 10 10  
ADI.............1 10 7 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..42 11 15 8 7 5 5 3 6 5 5 4  
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...7.7 3.6 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.0 0.6  
VISIBILITY (SM).6 5 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 6  
 

 
FORECASTER...LOCONTO  
REQUESTED BY...KYLE GARNER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2521453.0/BOX  
.DELDT 09/06/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL KYLE.GARNER@MASS.GOV  
 
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