FNUS71 KAKQ 081912 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for Sunset Thursday...Portsmouth EM National Weather Service Wakefield VA 312 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 EDT on July 09. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... Hotter temperatures return Thursday, with highs reaching the lower 90s. The wet bulb globe temperatures will peak in the mid 80s then drop into the lower 80s by sunset. Meanwhile, a more progressive pattern develops Thursday and Friday. This will bring a series of disturbances, which will have the potential to trigger strong to severe thunderstorms each afternoon and evening. A Marginal Risk for severe storms is in place for Thursday. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Max temperature.....Around 94. Min humidity........54 percent. Max apparent temp...103. Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........39 38 60 60 60 62 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 40 40 40 40 Temp............89 90 91 92 93 92 RH..............66 64 62 58 54 56 Aparnt tmp (F)..100 102 102 102 103 102 Surface wnd dir.S SW W SW SW SW Surface wnd spd.6 7 8 8 8 8 Surface wnd gst.9 10 12 12 13 13 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming mostly clear (0-10 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening and overnight. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Min temperature.....Around 76. Max humidity........87 percent. Max apparent temp...102. Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds around 6 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming west around 6 mph after 3 am. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 11 7 4 3 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 Temp............91 90 87 85 83 82 81 80 80 79 78 77 RH..............60 62 68 72 77 79 82 82 82 85 85 87 Aparnt tmp (F)..102 92 96 94 90 89 87 84 84 83 81 80 Surface wnd dir.SW SW W NW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W Surface wnd spd.6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 Surface wnd gst.10 9 9 8 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...BARNHARDT Requested by...L. Turner Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2616990.0/AKQ .DELDT 07/08/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mcraya@portsmouthva.gov,hedricka@portsmouthva.gov,tearttj@portsmouthva.gov,longd@portsmouthva.gov,levin.turner@portsmouthva.gov,johnsond@portsmouthva.gov