FNUS71 KAKQ 041654 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for 2026 Portsmouth National Night Out...Portsmouth OEM National Weather Service Wakefield VA 1254 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on August 04. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... Showers are likely between now and 6 PM, with a thunderstorm also possible. Severe weather is not expected, though the strongest storms could have gusts to 40 mph. Wet bulb globe temperatures will remain around 80 to 81 degrees through early evening. 10 mile lightning alerts have been set up for the event location. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........79 percent. Max apparent temp...89. Surface winds (mph).South winds around 7 mph. Visibility..........6. TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........86 85 85 Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).70 70 70 Temp............82 81 81 RH..............79 82 82 Aparnt tmp (F)..89 87 87 Surface wnd dir.SE S S Surface wnd spd.7 7 7 Surface wnd gst.12 12 10 Visibility (sm).6 6 6 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Min temperature.....Around 74. Max humidity........100 percent. Max apparent temp...87. Surface winds (mph).South winds around 7 mph shifting to the southeast around 6 mph in the evening, then becoming light overnight. Visibility..........6. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........82 80 78 75 71 68 66 65 63 62 61 60 Weather cov.....LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).60 50 40 40 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 Temp............81 81 81 80 78 78 77 77 76 76 75 75 RH..............82 85 85 88 94 91 94 94 97 97 100 97 Aparnt tmp (F)..87 87 87 86 83 83 82 82 81 81 80 79 Surface wnd dir.S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S Surface wnd spd.7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Surface wnd gst.10 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 Visibility (sm).6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...IYER Requested by...Anna McRay Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2618960.0/AKQ .DELDT 08/04/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL palamarchuckm@portsmouthva.gov,longd@portsmouthva.gov,wyliej@portsmouthva.gov,mcraya@portsmouthva.gov,arnoldj@portsmouthva.gov,funkhouserk@portsmouthva.gov