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FNUS71 KBOX 091224  
FWSBOX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CROWES PASTURE...MASS DCR  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
824 AM EDT THU APR 9 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 09.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS EARLY THIS  
MORNING BECOME SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON  
WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE  
UPPER 40S WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON THE  
ORDER OF 30 TO 40 PERCENT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL QUICKLY  
RECOVER EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP GIVEN THE DRY  
AIRMASS IN PLACE.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.  
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............27 DECREASING TO 26 EARLY.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...28.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 9  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 9  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
AROUND 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (21700 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................4 TO 31.  
CEILING (KFT).......25.  
 
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........5 7 3 3 3 2 17 12 4  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............37 41 44 45 46 47 47 47 46  
DEWPOINT........27 26 24 24 25 25 26 27 28  
RH..............67 55 45 43 43 42 44 45 49  
HEAT INDEX (F)..32 36 39 40 41 42 42 42 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 12 15 16 18 20 21 17  
SURFACE WND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9  
SURFACE WND GST.8 9 12 15 16 18 20 21 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 9 9 12 12 14 14 14  
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2  
ADI.............15 19 26 25 30 27 31 31 29  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 13 18 18 21 19 22 22 20  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............30 INCREASING TO 35 IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...29.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (4200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................5 TO 31.  
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........20 21 21 21 20 19 23 27 31 36 41 45  
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............44 42 39 38 38 38 37 37 36 35 34 34  
DEWPOINT........29 31 32 34 35 36 36 37 36 35 34 34  
RH..............55 65 76 85 89 92 96 100 100 100 100 100  
HEAT INDEX (F)..39 36 33 32 33 34 32 32 31 30 29 30  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 10 10  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW  
SURFACE WND SPD.9 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5  
SURFACE WND GST.17 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 10 9  
LVORI...........1 3 4 4 6 6 7 9 9 9 8 9  
ADI.............31 10 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 6  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..21 18 11 10 9 8 8 8 7 8 5 4  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 20  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............36.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...29.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH  
EARLY.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH  
EARLY.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 24  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (25400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................11 TO 35.  
CEILING (KFT).......20 INCREASING TO 25 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........40 36 31 30 28 27 22 16 10 13 15 18  
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............34 35 37 39 43 45 47 49 50 50 50 50  
DEWPOINT........34 35 37 36 36 35 35 35 35 36 37 38  
RH..............100 100 100 89 76 68 63 58 56 58 61 63  
HEAT INDEX (F)..29 29 32 33 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 16 17 20 21 23 25 28 29 29  
SURFACE WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
SURFACE WND SPD.6 7 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14  
SURFACE WND GST.12 13 14 16 17 20 21 23 25 28 29 29  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24  
LVORI...........7 7 5 4 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1  
ADI.............11 12 14 21 25 27 29 31 30 33 34 35  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 6 9 14 17 18 20 21 22 25 25 25  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...20 20 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25  
 

 
FORECASTER...JWD  
REQUESTED BY...JOSH NIGRO  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2609765.0/BOX  
.DELDT 04/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOSH.NIGRO@MASS.GOV  
 
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