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FNUS71 KAKQ 191042
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR WANGO FIRE...MARYLAND DNR FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
642 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE WIND WILL BECOME
NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND INCREASE QUICKLY TO 15 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH BY 8 TO 9 AM, BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 4 TO 5 PM. SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH THE FRONT.
HOWEVER, RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 0.1".
PARTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY, AND DRY MONDAY WITH A NORTHWEST WIND OF
10 TO 15 MPH GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH AND MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 25
TO 30%. REMAINING DRY TUESDAY WILL LESS WIND AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE REGION.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH INCREASING TO 37 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 26 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO
31 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO
30 TO 37 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO
22 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12879 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (104189 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................15 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 86 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........77 83 84 86 88 88 89 90 88 84 74
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 40 40 40 60 60 60 40 40 40 0
TEMP............61 64 61 58 54 53 52 50 51 52 53
RH..............90 78 75 69 69 66 66 68 63 59 52
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 15 17 19 18 17 17 15 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 23 27 30 33 32 30 28 27 23 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 18 25 31 36 37 36 32 30 25 22
LVORI...........5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............15 26 44 64 83 86 83 77 70 60 68
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.12 21 42 70 99 104 102 95 86 74 63
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
18 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
3 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (37145 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1265 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................45 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........61 37 23 10 6 5 5 6 5 6 11 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 52 55 51 49 47 46 45 44 43 43 41
RH..............52 52 45 54 54 51 53 55 57 62 60 67
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 3
20 FT WIND GUST.18 12 9 8 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 10 10 10 10 8 6 3 3 6 8
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............45 9 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 3 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.37 18 6 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 26 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING,
THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 26 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5979 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (82455 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (124314
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 120 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 43 43 35 36 37 35 32 30 29 28 27
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............40 41 42 45 48 50 53 54 55 56 57 55
RH..............73 73 70 60 51 46 39 35 31 29 28 29
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 15 15 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 9 16 20 22 23 23 26 26 25 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.8 1.0 2.4 3.8 5.1 6.0 6.9 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 16 18 22 24 25 25 25 26 26 26
LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 13 21 57 79 101 113 120 120 120 120 120
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 10 16 45 82 124 151 175 197 207 215 211
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL
FORECASTER...ZIMMERMAN
REQUESTED BY...SHANNON WOLFE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610506.3/AKQ
.DELDT 04/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SHANNON.WOLFE@MARYLAND.GOV
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