FNUS72 KRAH 190627 FWSRAH Spot Forecast for Polly Place...USFS National Weather Service Raleigh NC 227 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on March 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... Canadian high pressure will gradually weaken over the Carolinas through Thursday night, then drift offshore on Friday. A marginally steep morning inversion may be slower to mix due to light flow through the boundary layer. As temperatures rise into the 60s, mixing heights are expected to increase to around 4,000 to 5,000 ft. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........38 at ignition...Max 65. RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 1 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 3 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest 6 to 7 mph in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................4 to 35. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Visibility..........10. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........17 40 26 24 12 22 22 38 25 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............38 45 51 55 59 62 64 65 65 RH..............52 43 36 34 32 30 29 28 28 20 FT wind dir..SW W W W W W W NW NW 20 FT wind spd..1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.2 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.3 2.1 2.5 3.2 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.8 Transp wind dir.W W W W NW NW NW NW W Transp wind spd.3 6 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 LVORI...........3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 ADI.............4 4 23 23 23 35 35 35 22 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Temperature.........Min 38. RH..................Max 82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 5 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 6 mph early in the evening. LVORI...............4. ADI.................2 to 22. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Visibility..........10 decreasing to 7 overnight. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........20 25 23 8 1 2 3 3 6 5 6 13 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............65 63 58 51 49 48 46 45 45 42 41 40 RH..............29 32 42 56 58 60 63 68 68 76 79 82 20 FT wind dir..W W N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 FT wind gust.7 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.NW W SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.7 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 ADI.............22 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 Visibility (sm).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...SWIGGETT Requested by...Bart Cagle Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606363.0/RAH .DELDT 03/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL andrew.cagle@usda.gov,sergio.olvera@usda.gov,robert.jefferson@usda.gov,jeffery.greene@usda.gov