202  
FNUS71 KLWX 251021  
FWSLWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR HELO HEAT...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
621 AM EDT WED JUN 25 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 EDT ON JUNE 25.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
AS A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE  
REMAINS OVER THE AREA, IT WILL BE ANOTHER DAY OF ABOVE NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES. WHILE NOT AS HOT AS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE LOWER  
ELEVATIONS, EXPECT HIGHS TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 80S WITH HEAT  
INDICES NEAR 90 DEGREES. THERE WILL BE SOME RISK OF ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS THAT FIRE UP BY THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. A COUPLE  
OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  
 
HEADING INTO TONIGHT, ANY STORM CHANCES DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF  
DAYTIME HEATING. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES FALL TO AROUND 70  
DEGREES.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...25 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.  
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.  
HEAT INDEX..........NEAR 90.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS.  
 
TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM  
SKY (%).........32 46 56  
WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 20 20  
TEMP............86 85 82  
RH..............53 53 61  
HEAT INDEX (F)..89 87 85  
SURFACE WIND....NW 3 NW 3 NW 3  
SURFACE WND GST.8 9 9  
 

 
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