FNUS72 KMHX 091006 FWSMHX Spot Forecast for Rough Road Fire...NCFS National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 606 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on July 09. 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 FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... Stalled front will lift north this morning with a return to a more typical summer time pattern today and tomorrow with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible along the seabreeze. We could mix rather efficiently today across the area especially across the NW'rn Coastal Plain resulting in min RH's closer to 35-45% across our far inland zones. It will remain hot and humid across much if not all of ENC into this weekend with highs getting into the 90s each day. Increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms return this weekend with the approach of a front. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 96. Min humidity........49 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around 18 mph late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing Height.......Max 5800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 3 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to 16 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Vent Rate...........Max 92575 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 8. ADI.................Max 104. Stability class.....1. Sfc pressure........29.85 to 29.97 inHg. TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........29 22 19 15 13 17 26 30 31 33 34 Weather cov..... SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH Temp............79 82 84 87 89 91 94 95 96 96 95 RH..............97 91 85 75 70 64 56 53 51 49 51 20 FT wind dir..N S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 9 9 14 14 14 18 18 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.7 3.6 4.8 5.4 5.8 5.5 4.9 Transp wind dir.S S SW W W W W SW W SW SW Transp wind spd.3 6 7 8 10 12 13 15 16 15 15 LVORI...........8 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............3 9 14 21 36 53 76 92 104 93 85 Vrate mph-ft/1K.1 7 11 16 27 42 61 81 93 82 73 Sfc pres (in)...996 997 997 997 997 996 994 993 990 987 985 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 80. Max humidity........79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing Height.......Min 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 14 mph. Vent Rate...........Min 5290 mph-ft. LVORI...............Max 4. ADI.................Min 5. Stability class.....4. Sfc pressure........29.85 to 29.90 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........29 20 16 15 13 12 12 12 12 10 7 6 Weather cov.....SCH Weather type....RW Tstm cov........SCHTemp............94 91 89 87 86 85 84 84 83 82 81 81 RH..............54 60 66 68 70 72 74 74 77 77 77 77 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..7 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT wind gust.18 18 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...3.1 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W Transp wind spd.14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 LVORI...........1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 ADI.............52 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 Vrate mph-ft/1K.42 15 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 Sfc pres (in)...985 985 985 986 987 988 988 988 988 988 989 990 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 96. Min humidity........48 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing Height.......Max 7600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 10 to 18 mph. Vent Rate...........Max 118794 mph-ft increasing to Max 139495 mph-ft late in the afternoon. LVORI...............Max 4. ADI.................Max 146. Stability class.....3. Sfc pressure........29.87 to 29.93 inHg. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........6 5 5 7 11 13 19 31 37 37 36 36 Weather cov..... SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH Temp............81 82 83 85 88 91 93 94 95 95 95 94 RH..............79 77 77 72 63 58 52 49 48 48 49 51 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W SW SW 20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 14 14 18 18 18 18 18 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.6 4.7 5.6 6.5 7.6 6.8 4.7 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W SW Transp wind spd.10 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 16 16 LVORI...........4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............5 10 20 35 52 70 94 116 130 146 119 89 Vrate mph-ft/1K.5 8 16 27 40 57 80 103 119 139 110 76 Sfc pres (in)...991 992 993 993 993 993 992 991 990 988 987 987 $$ Forecaster...Ellis Requested by...Christopher Bullock Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2616750.5/MHX .DELDT 07/09/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL d13opsrm@ncagr.gov