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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUABOAG WMA RX BURN 5/28/2025...MASSWILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
450 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0500 EDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WARM AND DRY TODAY, THEN LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A PERIOD OF
SHOWERS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. WINDS TODAY WILL BE OUT OF THE SSW
5-10 KTS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 40 PERCENT
TODAY AND 80 PERCENT ON THURSDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............51 DECREASING TO 47 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...73.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (59100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 TO 11 INCREASING TO 26, THEN INCREASING TO 56
TO 59 EARLY INCREASING TO 74 EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 61 TO 67.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........74 76 65 63 63 66 75 75 83 82 81 85
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 57 61 66 69 72 72 73 73 73 73 71
DEWPOINT........49 51 52 53 53 52 52 51 50 48 47 46
RH..............83 80 72 63 57 49 49 46 44 41 40 41
HEAT INDEX (F)..54 57 61 66 69 72 72 73 73 73 73 71
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 6 6 8 10 12 13 14 14 14 14
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W SW SW SW SW SW S S S S
SURFACE WND SPD.3 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8
SURFACE WND GST.6 5 6 6 8 10 12 13 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 0.9 1.5 2.5 5.2 4.9 5.5 6.6 5.2 4.8 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W SW SW SW S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 13
LVORI...........5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 6 6 11 26 59 56 57 74 61 65 67
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 4 5 8 17 42 39 44 59 47 48 50
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR PR FR FR FR FR FR
CEILING (KFT)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............48 INCREASING TO 52 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...69.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 7
MPH IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (23400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................34 DECREASING TO 3 TO 12.
CEILING (KFT).......25 DECREASING TO 0.8.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........85 89 88 95 96 96
WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 80 80
TEMP............69 63 59 58 56 55
DEWPOINT........46 46 47 49 51 52
RH..............44 54 64 72 83 90
HEAT INDEX (F)..69 63 59 58 56 55
20 FT WIND......S 8 S 6 S 6 S 3 SE 3 SE 3
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 10 8 8 9
SURFACE WIND....S 8 S 6 S 6 S 3 SE 3 SE 3
SURFACE WND GST.14 13 10 8 8 9
MIX HGT (FT)....2100 1100 800 800 800 900
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 S 12 SW 10 S 8 S 6 S 9
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 5 6
ADI.............34 8 7 4 3 4
VRATE KT-FT/1K..23 11 8 6 4 7
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
CEILING (KFT)...25 20 10 5.0 2.0 1.0
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
CWR.................80 PERCENT DECREASING TO 6 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............55.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...61.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 10
TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (23900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................10 TO 17 INCREASING TO 25 TO 34 THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 20 TO 23 LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CEILING (KFT).......0.8.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........97 95 94 93 91 88
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........
CWR.............80 20 20 20 10 10
TEMP............54 56 57 59 60 61
DEWPOINT........54 54 55 56 56 56
RH..............100 93 93 90 87 84
HEAT INDEX (F)..54 56 57 59 60 61
20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 6 SE 7 SE 8 SE 9 E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 15 16 17 14
SURFACE WIND....SE 5 SE 6 SE 7 SE 8 SE 9 E 8
SURFACE WND GST.12 13 15 16 17 14
MIX HGT (FT)....1000 1500 1500 1800 1800 1600
TRANSPORT WIND..S 9 SE 14 SE 13 SE 15 E 13 E 12
LVORI...........8 4 5 4 4 4
ADI.............10 26 25 34 28 23
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 18 17 24 19 16
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
CEILING (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
FORECASTER...BRW
REQUESTED BY...ALEX ENTRUP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2514743.0/BOX
.DELDT 05/28/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ALEX.ENTRUP@MASS.GOV
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