271
FNUS71 KAKQ 141154
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR PV WEATHER...MD FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
754 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
WARM, DRY, AND BREEZY TODAY. MAX TEMP WILL BE IN THE MID 80S WITH A
MIN RH AROUND 35%. VERY LIGHT WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING
WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 20MPH OUT OF THE SW THIS AFTERNOON. STARTING OUT
WITH SCATTERED HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THIS MORNING, CLEARING OUT TO MOSTLY
SUNNY LATER TODAY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS TOMORROW, BUT WITH HIGHS CLOSER
TO 90F.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3219 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (85445 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 73 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........40 38 36 32 27 27 27 17 14 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............66 70 74 77 80 82 83 84 86 84
RH..............67 59 55 48 42 40 37 36 34 36
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 15 16 16 19 19 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.9 3.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 10 13 14 16 18 18
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 9 15 23 39 46 57 66 73 73
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 6 11 18 31 48 69 78 85 84
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (50714 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2760 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................52 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........15 24 27 30 24 19 18 25 15 13 19 23
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 10 0
TEMP............83 81 78 75 73 72 71 70 69 69 68 67
RH..............38 42 48 52 55 55 57 59 61 61 63 65
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 1.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 12 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............52 8 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.50 21 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 18
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2760 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (86250 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 100 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........19 15 14 11 14 16 19 21 24 26 29 31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............66 67 69 74 77 81 85 86 88 89 91 89
RH..............68 68 66 55 52 47 41 40 38 37 34 37
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 7 7 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 11 12 12 14 14 16 16 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.6 3.5 4.4 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 18
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 7 11 19 29 44 62 83 94 100 98
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 2 8 14 23 35 52 72 81 86 83
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...CHRETIEN
REQUESTED BY...LANCE CARROLL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610256.0/AKQ
.DELDT 04/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL LANCE.CARROLL@MARYLAND.GOV
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page