473  
FNUS71 KAKQ 121341  
FWSAKQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR FURNACE TOWN - UNIT E...MD FOREST SERVIVE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
941 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 12.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS TODAY. LIGHT E WINDS TURN TO THE SE THIS  
AFTERNOON, WITH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. RH  
VALUES WILL DROP TO 35-40% THIS AFTERNOON. WARMER AND CONTINUED  
DRY TOMORROW. RH VALUES WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER MONDAY, WITH WINDS  
VEERING TO THE SSW AND BECOMING GUSTY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.  
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13109 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (30819 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................17 TO 39.  
 
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........18 8 11 14 17 21 16 11  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............56 59 61 63 63 63 62 61  
RH..............55 48 43 41 41 41 42 47  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 7 7 8 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 11 12 13 13 14 14 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE S S S SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 10 12 12 12 13 14 14  
LVORI...........2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............17 29 36 37 37 39 39 34  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.13 22 28 29 28 30 30 26  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 14 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (20355 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (2875 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................4 TO 26.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........12 12 18 23 21 18 42 43 44 47 55 50  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............60 56 54 53 54 54 54 54 55 56 53 56  
RH..............51 62 69 74 71 74 74 80 77 80 83 86  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.11 11 8 11 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 8 8 9 10 12 12 13 13 14 14  
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 5  
ADI.............26 5 4 4 6 7 10 11 11 12 12 12  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.20 9 2 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
MONDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.  
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13109 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (71415 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................13 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 56 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........60 62 46 42 52 62 60 59 57 58 60 61  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............57 57 62 64 67 70 73 76 78 79 79 78  
RH..............83 86 81 75 68 63 57 52 48 45 44 45  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 11 12 13 15 15 15 15 15 13 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 19 20 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 22  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 18 18 20 21 22 23 23 22 20 17  
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............13 22 29 38 37 41 47 53 56 53 47 40  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.13 17 22 29 36 44 53 63 71 66 58 49  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR FR FR  
 

 
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO  
REQUESTED BY...LANCE CARROLL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2610111.0/AKQ  
.DELDT 04/12/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL LANCE.CARROLL@MARYLAND.GOV  
 
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