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FNUS71 KPHI 031850
FWSPHI
SPOT FORECAST FOR READINGTON RXB...NJFFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION WILL BEGIN
LIFTING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THIS MORNING. ANOTHER WARM FRONT WILL
LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
TRACK THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO
THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 12 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO
13 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING
TO 18 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (44000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................11 TO 44.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........56 64 69 67 70 72 71 73
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 10 30 40 40 40 40
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 30 40 40 40 40
TEMP............65 68 69 71 72 71 69 64
RH..............73 65 66 61 59 57 57 65
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E SE E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 6 7 9 12 13
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 9 10 13 15 18 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.0 2.6 2.9 3.4 3.2 2.8 2.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE E SE SE E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 7 7 10 13 18 22
ADI.............14 11 15 16 27 31 42 44
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 10 16 17 31 35 44 41
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT DECREASING TO 40 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 18 TO 25 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 15
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (42900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
ADI.................5 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........77 79 83 77 83 88 89 90 91 89 88 86
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 40 40 40 40
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 40 40 40 40
TEMP............58 54 55 51 49 48 47 47 47 47 48 49
RH..............72 74 74 80 83 86 89 89 93 96 96 96
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 10 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.23 24 20 20 18 17 15 13 10 9 9 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 24 25 23 22 22 21 20 18 15 12 8
ADI.............42 32 28 26 24 24 14 13 12 10 8 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..36 43 39 29 26 25 23 21 19 13 8 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS EARLY
IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 60 PERCENT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND SHIFT..........
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 21 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO
18 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON,
THEN INCREASING TO 21 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (68300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 57 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........90 94 98 98 98 98 98 98 89 87 85 83
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............40 40 100 100 100 100 100 100 60 60 60 60
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 100 100 100 100 100 100 60 60 60 60
TEMP............51 53 55 58 61 63 64 64 63 63 62 61
RH..............93 93 93 90 90 87 84 81 81 75 72 70
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.12 14 15 17 20 21 22 21 21 21 21 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.3 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 10 13 15 17 18 21 21 22 22
ADI.............5 11 13 18 22 27 33 39 46 50 54 57
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 8 10 14 19 24 31 38 46 53 61 68
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD
FORECASTER...MPS
REQUESTED BY...ERIC KELLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608884.0/PHI
.DELDT 04/04/26
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.EMAIL ERIC.KELLY@DEP.NJ.GOV
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