177  
FNUS71 KAKQ 161600 CCA  
FWSAKQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR 20261017 TRAIL OF TREATS...CORRECTED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
1200 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
CORRECTED TO UPDATE EMAIL RECIPIENTS  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 EDT ON OCTOBER 17.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BRINGING  
GUSTY WINDS AND SHOWERS TO THE AREA. SHOWERS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE  
CITY TOMORROW MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BEFORE TAPERING OFF  
GRADUALLY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST  
THROUGH THE DAY AND BE STRONGEST IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY  
EVENING, GUSTING TO 30-35 MPH.  
 
RAIN CHANCES TAPER OFF SATURDAY EVENING, BUT COULD RETURN LATE IN  
THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS A COASTAL LOW DEVELOPS AND  
LINGERS OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST.  
 
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...58.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
35 MPH.  
VISIBILITY..........6.  
 
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........93 91 88  
WEATHER COV.....LKY CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 30  
TEMP............55 55 55  
RH..............75 75 74  
APARNT TMP (F)..58 58 57  
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N  
SURFACE WND SPD.21 21 20  
SURFACE WND GST.32 32 31  
VISIBILITY (SM).6 7 7  
 

 
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO  
REQUESTED BY...ANNA MCRAY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2623888.0/AKQ  
.DELDT 10/16/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MCRAYA@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,KILGORED@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,HOEFLINGJ@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,CALLISJ@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,COLSTONE@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV  
 
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