113  
FNUS72 KMHX 150040  
FWSMHX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSE HILL BAY...STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
840 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2100 EDT ON JULY 14.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FORECAST, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE IN NEWPORT AT (252)223-2328.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
DRIER AIR FILTERS IN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY ALONG  
WITH A MUCH LOWER RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN FACT, THE  
NEXT APPRECIABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HOLD OFF  
UNTIL THE WEEKEND. WINDS CALMING OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO FOG DEVELOPMENT  
AFTER 0300EDT TONIGHT, WHICH COULD SEVERELY REDUCE VIS OVER AND NEAR THE  
FIRE AREA WHEN COMBINED WITH SMOKE.  
 
WINDS FORECAST TO REMAIN CALM UNTIL MID-MORNING, ~1000EDT.  
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS FOR THE MOST PART, AOB 5MPH, GENERALLY NWERLY  
THROUGH MIDDAY, BRIEFLY BECOMING SWERLY ~1500EDT UNTIL THE SEABREEZE  
CROSSES THE FIRE SITE IN THE EVENING, ~1800EDT. WINDS BEHIND THE SEABREEZE  
WILL BE SERLY AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER, ~6-8MPH.  
   
REST OF TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.  
PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MIN 400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST  
AROUND 3 MPH AFTER 3 AM, THEN SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
VENT RATE...........MIN 1380 MPH-FT.  
LVORI...............MAX 10.  
ADI.................MIN 2.  
STABILITY CLASS.....6.  
SFC PRESSURE........29.97 TO 30.00 INHG.  
 
TIME (EDT) 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........51 33 24 21 16 13 13 12 12  
WEATHER COV..... PTY  
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............79 76 74 73 72 71 70 68 68  
RH..............79 87 93 93 97 100 100 100 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  
20 FT WIND GUST.  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE SE SE SE W N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 6 6 5 3 3 3 3  
LVORI...........4 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10  
ADI.............3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1  
SFC PRES (IN)...999 000 000 000 999 998 998 997 997  
   
WEDNESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.  
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 5200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 3 TO  
5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
VENT RATE...........MAX 23574 MPH-FT.  
LVORI...............MAX 10.  
ADI.................MAX 29.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
SFC PRESSURE........29.90 TO 30.00 INHG.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........13 15 16 13 7 4 5 5 6 5 5 5  
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............69 70 73 77 82 86 89 91 93 94 92 91  
RH..............100 100 97 82 69 59 52 47 43 40 43 44  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NW N N N N N NW W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4  
20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.3 0.5 1.2 2.6 3.5 4.2 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NW NW NW NW N N N NW W W SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 2 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 5  
LVORI...........10 9 8 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............2 3 2 5 16 20 18 20 21 22 22 29  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 4 12 16 14 16 17 18 18 24  
SFC PRES (IN)...998 999 000 000 000 999 998 997 995 993 991 990  
   
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MIN 400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........MIN 3564 MPH-FT.  
LVORI...............MAX 9.  
ADI.................MIN 3.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
SFC PRESSURE........29.88 TO 29.91 INHG.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 5  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............89 88 86 84 81 79 77 75 74 73 72 72  
RH..............48 52 57 61 69 74 82 90 93 100 100 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 1.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S SW SW SW W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8  
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 9 9 9  
ADI.............31 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.25 13 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
SFC PRES (IN)...989 988 989 990 991 991 991 990 989 989 989 989  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.  
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE  
IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 9600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........MAX 77395 MPH-FT.  
LVORI...............MAX 9.  
ADI.................MAX 87.  
STABILITY CLASS.....3.  
SFC PRESSURE........29.84 TO 29.92 INHG.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............72 74 76 80 85 89 92 95 96 97 97 95  
RH..............100 100 94 82 67 59 52 48 45 43 45 48  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.7 2.6 3.9 5.5 6.7 6.4 9.6 8.3 7.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 8 8 8  
LVORI...........9 8 6 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............4 7 7 18 27 29 47 56 45 87 81 68  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 3 5 14 21 22 38 46 37 77 70 56  
SFC PRES (IN)...989 990 991 991 992 992 990 989 987 986 985 984  
 

 
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