FNUS72 KRAH 182203 FWSRAH Spot Forecast for Iron Mountain Rx...North Carolina Forest Service National Weather Service Raleigh NC 603 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 19. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact this NWS office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... High pressure centered over the western Atlantic will extend into the Carolinas and Southeast states through Wednesday, bringing above normal temperatures. A backdoor cold front will move into North Carolina from the north on Thursday, leading to increasingly unsettled weather from Thursday into the upcoming weekend. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 92. Min humidity........30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 10 mph. LVORI...............2. ADI.................16 early in the morning increasing to 73 in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Visibility..........10 decreasing to 7 late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........5 6 2 2 4 4 2 3 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............78 82 86 89 91 92 92 92 RH..............58 49 42 37 33 31 31 30 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW S S S 20 FT wind spd..3 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT wind gust.7 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.7 3.7 4.4 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.0 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S Transp wind spd.9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............16 42 42 42 73 73 73 54 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 66. Max humidity........81 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming south around 5 mph late in the evening. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph. LVORI...............3. ADI.................54 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late in the night. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........3 7 7 8 17 22 17 28 51 39 28 16 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............91 89 85 77 76 74 72 71 70 68 68 66 RH..............31 33 40 54 56 59 66 71 73 78 78 81 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..6 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.10 9 6 7 8 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...4.6 1.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW Transp wind spd.12 9 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 LVORI...........1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 ADI.............54 54 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 93. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph. LVORI...............3 in the morning and early afternoon. ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 74 in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........12 9 5 7 10 12 15 19 22 22 23 23 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Temp............66 66 69 73 78 83 87 90 91 93 93 92 RH..............84 84 78 71 60 51 43 38 36 32 31 31 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.4 3.1 4.4 5.7 7.0 7.2 7.5 7.8 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.9 9 12 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 LVORI...........5 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 M M M M ADI.............4 4 24 24 24 55 55 55 74 74 74 63 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...BADGETT Requested by...Dawson Purvis Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2613972.0/RAH .DELDT 05/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Dawson.purvis@ncagr.gov