642  
FNUS71 KPHI 171954  
FWSPHI  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR BELTSVILLE DOVE FIELDS...PA GAME COMMISSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ  
354 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0000 EDT ON AUGUST 18.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT THEN BECOMES  
STATIONARY OVER THE MID- ATLANTIC INTO THE NEW WEEK. HIGH  
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO END OF  
NEXT WEEK AS HURRICANE ERIN PASSES BY WELL OFFSHORE.  
   
REST OF TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).  
CWR.................10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.  
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 TO 15 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (17300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (11300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
ADI.................6 TO 10.  
 
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........37 49 40 44 60 79  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 10 10 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 0 0 0  
TEMP............72 71 70 68 67 66  
RH..............87 87 87 87 87 84  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 16 16 15 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 14 14 14 15  
ADI.............6 10 6 9 9 10  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 16 13 12 11 17  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT EARLY IN  
THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.  
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
EAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO  
8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (28800 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
ADI.................9 TO 41.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........80 77 73 63 64 74 76 80 74 67 48 57  
WEATHER COV..... SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............64 64 65 66 67 68 69 71 71 72 72 72  
RH..............87 84 81 81 78 73 70 66 66 66 64 66  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 16 16 16 16 14 12 10 9 8 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.8 3.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 17 15 14 13 12 12 10 8 8 7  
ADI.............9 25 41 36 36 34 36 36 32 27 39 25  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 17 28 25 26 25 28 29 25 22 27 22  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
MONDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT EARLY IN THE  
EVENING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.  
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 8 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (2200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
ADI.................2 TO 19.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........56 67 73 60 57 53 56 58 61 65 69 73  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............72 71 67 65 64 63 62 62 61 60 60 60  
RH..............64 66 75 84 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE E E E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 7 6 6 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 3 3 3 5 6 7 7 8 8  
ADI.............19 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..16 8 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 7  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS.  
CWR.................20 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.  
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (41800 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
ADI.................4 TO 27 EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........71 69 67 65 63 61 62 64 65 65 65 65  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............60 61 62 64 67 69 71 72 73 74 74 73  
RH..............87 87 84 78 68 63 59 59 57 55 57 59  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.2 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 13 13 13 12 10 10 9 9 9 9  
ADI.............4 20 27 M M M M M M M M M  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 13 18 23 27 31 34 36 37 40 42 40  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR  
 
 
FORECASTER...MJL  
REQUESTED BY...TYLER WILSON  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2520088.0/PHI  
.DELDT 08/17/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JWILSON@PASEN.GOV  
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