756  
FNUS71 KAKQ 041654  
FWSAKQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR 2026 PORTSMOUTH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT...PORTSMOUTH OEM  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
1254 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 EDT ON AUGUST 04.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
SHOWERS ARE LIKELY BETWEEN NOW AND 6 PM, WITH A THUNDERSTORM ALSO  
POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED, THOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD  
HAVE GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND 80 TO 81  
DEGREES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 10 MILE LIGHTNING ALERTS HAVE BEEN  
SET UP FOR THE EVENT LOCATION.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY  
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.  
MIN HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...89.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.  
VISIBILITY..........6.  
 
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........86 85 85  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70  
TEMP............82 81 81  
RH..............79 82 82  
APARNT TMP (F)..89 87 87  
SURFACE WND DIR.SE S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.7 7 7  
SURFACE WND GST.12 12 10  
VISIBILITY (SM).6 6 6  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY  
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING,  
THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...87.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING, THEN  
BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT.  
VISIBILITY..........6.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........82 80 78 75 71 68 66 65 63 62 61 60  
WEATHER COV.....LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 50 40 40 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 30  
TEMP............81 81 81 80 78 78 77 77 76 76 75 75  
RH..............82 85 85 88 94 91 94 94 97 97 100 97  
APARNT TMP (F)..87 87 87 86 83 83 82 82 81 81 80 79  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
SURFACE WND GST.10 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7  
VISIBILITY (SM).6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
 
 
FORECASTER...IYER  
REQUESTED BY...ANNA MCRAY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2618960.0/AKQ  
.DELDT 08/04/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL PALAMARCHUCKM@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,LONGD@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,WYLIEJ@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,MCRAYA@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,ARNOLDJ@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,FUNKHOUSERK@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV  
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