FNUS72 KMHX 082124 FWSMHX Spot Forecast for Earl Davis RD...NC Forest Service National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 524 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 EDT on July 08. If conditions become unrepresentative, or if you have questions or concerns about this forecast, contact the National Weather Service in Newport at (252)223-2328. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... .DISCUSSION... An isolated thunderstorm threat will continue into early evening, then expect dry conditions overnight into Thursday morning. Mainly isolated afternoon and early evening thunderstorm threat Thursday and Friday, primarily along the sea breeze. Hot and humid conditions prevail Thursday and Friday with heat index values around 105 to 110 each afternoon. Outside of thunderstorms, winds will primarily be SW with gusts around 20 to 25 mph during the afternoon and early evening hours. A more active pattern redevelops over the weekend bringing increased shower and thunderstorm chances. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 76. Max humidity........91 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing Height.......Min 400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 7 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 6 to 8 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the southwest around 8 mph overnight. Vent Rate...........Min 2530 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 6. ADI.................Min 3. Stability class.....3. Sfc pressure........29.81 to 29.87 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........65 65 53 51 54 41 29 28 28 23 28 20 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH Temp............93 89 87 84 82 80 79 79 79 78 77 77 RH..............56 66 70 77 82 85 88 88 88 91 90 90 20 FT wind dir..SW S SE SE S S S S S S S SW 20 FT wind spd..3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.W W SE SE SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.8 7 7 8 7 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 LVORI...........1 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 ADI.............36 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Vrate mph-ft/1K.28 11 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Sfc pres (in)...981 981 981 983 985 987 987 986 985 984 984 984 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....Around 98. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 12 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon. Mixing Height.......Max 7900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Vent Rate...........Max 86020 mph-ft increasing to Max 154100 mph-ft in the afternoon. LVORI...............Max 6. ADI.................Max 133. Stability class.....3. Sfc pressure........29.79 to 29.88 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........16 13 11 3 3 6 0 5 11 4 9 23 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............77 78 81 84 88 91 94 96 97 97 97 96 RH..............90 88 79 72 66 60 53 47 45 45 45 46 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..3 4 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 12 10 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 9 9 14 14 18 20 20 20 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.8 5.0 6.6 7.2 7.7 7.9 7.5 6.8 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.8 9 12 13 15 17 18 20 20 20 20 20 LVORI...........6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............4 9 12 23 53 99 133 94 96 97 96 92 Vrate mph-ft/1K.4 5 10 18 42 86 122 142 150 154 147 132 Sfc pres (in)...985 986 987 988 988 987 987 986 984 982 981 979 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Min temperature.....Around 77. Max humidity........82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Mixing Height.......Min 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 18 mph. Vent Rate...........Min 5290 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 4. ADI.................Min 5. Stability class.....4. Sfc pressure........29.78 to 29.85 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........6 23 9 1 5 8 1 4 13 3 11 4 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............94 92 90 88 86 84 83 82 81 80 78 77 RH..............49 54 58 61 65 70 72 72 74 77 79 82 20 FT wind dir..W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..9 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 20 FT wind gust.14 14 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...5.8 3.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W Transp wind spd.18 17 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 ADI.............120 12 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate mph-ft/1K.106 51 10 9 7 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 Sfc pres (in)...978 978 979 980 981 983 983 983 984 984 985 985 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....Around 98. Min humidity........40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Mixing Height.......Max 8000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 10 to 18 mph increasing to 17 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Vent Rate...........Max 112584 mph-ft increasing to Max 155710 mph-ft in the afternoon. LVORI...............Max 4. ADI.................Max 146. Stability class.....3. Sfc pressure........29.80 to 29.89 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........5 0 7 0 1 2 5 8 16 16 16 16 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............78 79 81 85 88 91 94 95 96 97 97 96 RH..............79 77 72 65 61 56 49 46 43 42 40 42 20 FT wind dir..SW W W W W W W W W W W SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 14 14 14 14 18 18 24 24 24 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 1.2 2.3 3.6 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 7.7 7.5 7.2 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W WTransp wind spd.10 10 14 12 14 17 18 20 20 20 18 17 LVORI...........4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............5 10 22 34 60 99 126 146 98 96 91 83 Vrate mph-ft/1K.5 6 17 27 49 86 113 136 156 150 139 124 Sfc pres (in)...986 987 988 989 989 989 988 987 986 984 982 980 $$ Forecaster...Kennedy Requested by...Jeremy Strickland Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2617027.0/MHX .DELDT 07/08/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jonathon.paluck@ncagr.gov