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FNUS71 KLWX 041514
FWSLWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR TONSLER PARK SPECIAL EVENT...CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1114 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 EDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDICES
AROUND 110 DEGREES. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM
THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DUE TO THE INTENSE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN SEVERE STORMS WITH THE
MOST LIKELY TIME BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER 6 PM, BUT AN ISOLATED
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING AND BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY
THIS AFTERNOON (40-70 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO
THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 8 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........18 50 60 67 80
WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCT SCT SCT SCT
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 30 40 50 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 30 40 50 40
TEMP............100 101 101 100 98
RH..............42 41 41 41 43
SURFACE WND DIR.S S W SW W
SURFACE WND SPD.3 5 6 7 8
SURFACE WND GST.9 12 13 14 14
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN
ISOLATED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........80 70 63 51 52 44 45 53 65 43 34 29
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT ISO ISO SCT ISO ISO ISO PTY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW FOG
TSTM COV........SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 40 20 20 30 20 20 20 10 10 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).30 40 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 0 0 0
TEMP............96 92 89 85 83 81 79 78 77 76 75 75
RH..............46 52 57 65 67 72 77 79 82 82 84 84
SURFACE WND DIR.SW SE E SE SE NE N S NW SW SW N
SURFACE WND SPD.7 6 6 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
SURFACE WND GST.14 13 12 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5
FORECASTER...LASORSA
REQUESTED BY...JOHN OPRANDY EM COORDINATOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2616632.0/LWX
.DELDT 07/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL OPRANDYJ@CHARLOTTESVILLE.GOV
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