907
FNUS72 KILM 181818
FWSILM
SPOT FORECAST FOR ESCA_19MAR...DOD ARMY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
218 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 19.
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
HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAINS LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS AND A DRY
AIR MASS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO
MODERATE THIS WEEKEND IN ONSHORE FLOW. MODEST MOISTURE RECOVERY
IS LIKELY THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.
FOG POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT IS NONE.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MAX MIXING HGT......2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 18 MPH.
MAX VENT RATE.......MARGINAL (40887 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........3.
MAX ADI.............49.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2 5 13 13 12 21 22 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 48 51 53 54 54 55 55 55
RH..............68 58 48 46 46 47 47 48 49
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE E E
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE NE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 18 16 15 13 10 12 10
STABILITY.......C C C C C C C B B
LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
ADI.............32 38 49 46 45 38 28 32 26
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.25 30 41 40 41 34 24 25 21
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR
SFC PRES (IN)...025 025 028 028 028 024 024 024 017
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIN MIXING HGT......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIN VENT RATE.......POOR (2053 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........5.
MIN ADI.............2.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........25 29 51 41 33 24 22 20 16 13 9 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 54 53 52 50 49 48 48 48 47 47 47
RH..............52 55 58 61 64 66 69 72 77 79 80 81
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E NE NE NE NE N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 8 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
STABILITY.......F F F F F F F F F F F F
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5
ADI.............4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 8 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SFC PRES (IN)...017 017 018 018 018 021 021 021 018 018 018 015
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO
7 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX MIXING HGT......1600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX VENT RATE.......POOR (15016 MPH-FT).
MAX LVORI...........5.
MAX ADI.............19.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 6 6 5 15 10 8 5 3 7 12 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 47 48 50 53 56 58 60 60 61 61 61
RH..............83 84 82 75 66 60 58 57 57 56 56 58
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NE NE E E SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
STABILITY.......B B B B B B B B B B B B
LVORI...........5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............6 6 7 8 13 19 19 19 19 18 17 16
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 3 3 6 10 15 15 15 15 14 13 12
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SFC PRES (IN)...015 015 018 018 018 019 019 019 017 017 017 012
FORECASTER...BACON
REQUESTED BY...K CRAWFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606344.0/ILM
.DELDT 03/18/26
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