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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOPHIA TUNNEL FIRE...RALEIGH EMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
348 AM EDT MON SEP 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0400 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY CROSSING THROUGH THE AREA, BUT NO RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS IT DOES SO, WITH DRY WEATHER THEN ANTICIPATED
INTO WEDNESDAY.
SOUTHWEST SURFACE FLOW PERSISTS AS OF 3:30 AM AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE
SOPHIA AREA, BUT WILL STEADILY SHIFT TO NORTHWEST OR NORTH-NORTHWEST BY
DAWN, THEN REMAIN NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SURFACE
FLOW WILL THEN BEGIN TO TURN BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT
TODAY, GENERALLY 5 TO 10 MPH. SOUTHEAST BREEZES OF 10-20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
LATER TONIGHT.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...8 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 6 MPH EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........78 90
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).10 0
TEMP............66 66
RH..............97 97
SURFACE WND DIR.W NW
SURFACE WND SPD.4 6
SURFACE WND GST.9 12
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...3 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 8 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........93 82 82 75 62 43 23 19 18 19 19 19
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............65 64 65 66 67 68 70 71 73 73 74 74
RH..............97 97 97 94 91 84 82 75 66 66 64 61
SURFACE WND DIR.NW N N N N N N N N N N N
SURFACE WND SPD.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 6
SURFACE WND GST.12 12 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22 MPH OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
2 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........14 10 7 18 16 26 22 21 18 22 29 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 69 65 60 58 57 56 57 57 57 57 57
RH..............67 71 78 91 93 95 95 91 87 90 89 87
SURFACE WND DIR.N N NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE
SURFACE WND SPD.6 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 10
SURFACE WND GST.10 9 8 7 7 7 9 12 15 18 21 22
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 9 10
FORECASTER...GW
REQUESTED BY...JOHN ZILINSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 2621801.1/RLX
.DELDT 09/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JOHN.ZILINSKI@RALEIGH911.ORG
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