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FNUS71 KAKQ 181347
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNSET THURSDAY...PORTSMOUTH EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
947 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 EDT ON JUNE 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, PEAKING
IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH
AROUND 105F. STORMS WILL START TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING, WITH TWO ROUNDS OF STORMS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF AND
ALONG AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE 60-70 MPH WINDS THIS EVENING. WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL GUST TO 20-25 MPH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...104.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 31 MPH.
VISIBILITY..........7.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........46 55 51 49 46 44 42 39
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20
TEMP............85 89 92 94 96 96 97 98
RH..............63 55 51 47 43 42 39 38
APARNT TMP (F)..91 96 99 101 103 103 104 104
SURFACE WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.17 18 18 19 19 19 19 19
SURFACE WND GST.25 28 28 31 31 31 30 30
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...104.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
VISIBILITY..........7 DECREASING TO 4 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........46 52 59 65 68 71 74 77 79 80 82 83
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 50 50 60 60 40 40 70 70 70 70
TEMP............97 95 92 88 85 83 82 81 80 80 79 77
RH..............41 43 48 58 63 66 69 73 76 77 79 84
APARNT TMP (F)..104 101 97 94 90 88 86 86 84 82 81 79
SURFACE WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.17 14 12 12 11 11 10 9 8 9 9 10
SURFACE WND GST.26 23 20 20 18 18 17 16 14 15 16 16
VISIBILITY (SM).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO
REQUESTED BY...L. TURNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2615758.0/AKQ
.DELDT 06/18/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MCRAYA@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,LEVIN.TURNER@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,LONGD@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV,WYLIEJ@PORTSMOUTHVA.GOV
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