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FNUS72 KILM 091540
FWSILM
SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN SWAMP RX...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1140 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MARCH 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FORECAST...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 910-762-1374.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE A
SEA BREEZE EVENTUALLY REACHES THE SITE AROUND OR AFTER 5PM, WITH
A SOUTHERLY WIND SHIFT TAKING PLACE ACROSS IT. A MOIST LOWER
ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO PREVENT DEW POINTS FROM DROPPING
SUBSTANTIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED BRIEF SHOWER CANNOT BE
RULED OUT ALONG THE SEA BREEZE, BUT MOST OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY.
WIND PROFILE ANALYSIS/FIRE CONTROL OVER FLAT TERRAIN IS FAVORABLE.
FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT IS MODERATE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX MIXING HGT......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
MAX VENT RATE.......MARGINAL (35065 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........3.
MAX ADI.............43.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........47 32 20 20 22 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 75 77 78 78 77
RH..............77 70 62 59 59 60
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.4 5 5 6 7 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 8 9 12 12
STABILITY.......B B B B B B
LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1
ADI.............18 23 38 41 43 34
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 19 32 34 35 27
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR
SFC PRES (IN)...008 008 004 004 004 001
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG LATE
IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIN MIXING HGT......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIN VENT RATE.......POOR (2538 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........9.
MIN ADI.............4.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 12 13 22 32 42 38 40 44 54 64 63
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 71 67 65 63 62 62 61 61 60 59 59
RH..............64 76 86 92 94 94 94 94 95 96 95 98
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 8 8 10 12 10 10 10 9 8 8
STABILITY.......F F F F F F F F F F F F
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9
ADI.............4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.15 8 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SFC PRES (IN)...001 001 002 002 002 008 008 008 010 010 010 010
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX MIXING HGT......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH.
MAX VENT RATE.......GOOD (61632 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........8.
MAX ADI.............54.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........56 67 71 66 66 64 51 50 52 53 26 28
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG RNF RNF RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............59 58 58 61 66 70 74 77 79 79 79 78
RH..............99 98 97 94 85 75 68 62 58 58 58 60
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 7 7 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 2.1 3.3 4.5 3.4 2.4 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 8 8 9 13 14 14 13 14
STABILITY.......B B B B B B C B C C B B
LVORI...........8 8 8 6 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............6 6 6 6 9 10 23 51 54 47 39 25
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 2 3 7 8 19 42 62 47 31 19
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD FR PR PR
SFC PRES (IN)...010 010 013 013 013 017 017 017 013 013 013 009
FORECASTER...WEINER
REQUESTED BY...NATHAN BURMESTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605188.0/ILM
.DELDT 03/09/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NATHAN.BURMESTER@TNC.ORG
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