354  
FNUS71 KBOX 020830  
FWSBOX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR QUABOAG WMA RX BURN 7/2/2025...MASSWILDLIFE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
430 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON JULY 02.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS LIKELY CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST MID MORNING.  
DRYING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON BUT CAN'T RULE OUT A PASSING SHOWER.  
WSW WINDS 5-10 KTS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 55  
PERCENT TODAY. THURSDAY WILL BE MOSTLY DRY, BUT A ROUND OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH IN THE EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY OF AROUND 45 PERCENT.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.  
CWR.................5 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............69 DECREASING TO 65 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...86.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH THROUGH  
EARLY AFTERNOON.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 14 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (69000 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............5.  
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 89 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CEILING (KFT).......10 INCREASING TO 15 EARLY, THEN INCREASING TO  
19 INCREASING TO 21 EARLY.  
 
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........92 90 80 74 80 75 78 74 78 67  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............20 20 15 10 10 10 5 5 5 0  
TEMP............72 75 77 80 81 83 83 83 84 83  
DEWPOINT........70 71 70 69 68 67 67 66 66 65  
RH..............93 87 79 69 65 59 59 57 55 55  
HEAT INDEX (F)..72 75 77 83 84 86 86 85 86 85  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 13  
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7  
SURFACE WND GST.10 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 2.0 2.7 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 10 10 12 13 13 14 13  
LVORI...........5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............20 27 37 47 52 67 79 80 89 75  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 18 25 32 39 50 61 61 69 57  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR  
CEILING (KFT)...15 17 19 23 23 22 22 21 21 21  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.  
PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................2 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.  
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............64.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...84.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 7 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (37700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................56 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
CEILING (KFT).......22 INCREASING TO 25 EARLY, THEN DECREASING TO  
21 DECREASING TO 15 DECREASING TO 9.1  
DECREASING TO 5.6 EARLY IN THE MORNING  
DECREASING TO 3.8.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........69 45 31 23 24 12  
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............82 77 71 69 66 65  
DEWPOINT........65 66 66 66 64 63  
RH..............56 69 84 90 93 93  
HEAT INDEX (F)..84 77 71 69 66 65  
20 FT WIND......W 6 W 5 SW 3 SW 2 W 2 W 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 8 7 7 6  
SURFACE WIND....W 6 W 5 SW 3 SW 2 W 2 W 2  
SURFACE WND GST.12 9 8 7 7 6  
MIX HGT (FT)....3400 700 600 600 600 600  
TRANSPORT WIND..W 13 SW 7 SW 8 W 8 W 6 NW 7  
LVORI...........1 3 5 6 7 6  
ADI.............56 5 4 4 3 3  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..38 4 4 4 3 4  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR  
CEILING (KFT)...22 25 25 21 9.1 3.8  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................5 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.  
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............63.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...86.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING  
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH  
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......7100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST  
AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (87700 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 105 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CEILING (KFT).......8.8 INCREASING TO 15 EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 20 EARLY INCREASING TO 22  
DECREASING TO 19 DECREASING TO 15 EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 10.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........18 17 13 18 30 38  
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY S CHC CHANCE  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10  
TEMP............64 71 79 84 86 84  
DEWPOINT........62 64 64 62 62 62  
RH..............93 79 61 48 45 47  
HEAT INDEX (F)..64 71 79 85 86 85  
20 FT WIND......NW 2 NW 2 NW 5 W 7 W 9 W 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 10 15 17 17  
SURFACE WIND....NW 2 NW 2 NW 5 W 7 W 9 W 10  
SURFACE WND GST.6 7 10 15 17 17  
MIX HGT (FT)....600 1100 3500 6400 7100 5800  
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 6 NW 6 NW 10 NW 13 W 14 W 16  
LVORI...........6 4 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............6 8 47 89 105 105  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 6 31 70 85 81  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR GOOD GOOD GOOD  
CEILING (KFT)...8.8 20 23 19 12 10  
 

 
FORECASTER...BRW  
REQUESTED BY...ALEX ENTRUP  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2517096.0/BOX  
.DELDT 07/02/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ALEX.ENTRUP@MASS.GOV  
 
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