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FNUS71 KAKQ 061048
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR BROTHERS RX...USWFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
548 AM EST FRI MAR 6 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EST ON MARCH 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON,
SHIFTING WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. WIND SPEEDS WILL
AVERAGE 5 TO 8 MPH DURING THE DAY TODAY. MINIMUM RH VALUES OF
AROUND 55 PERCENT WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE EARLY TO MID
AFTERNOON JUST PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
DRY AND WARM ON SATURDAY AS THE FRONT RETREATS WELL TO THE NORTH,
WITH SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH AND
MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 55 TO 60 PERCENT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT
BECOMING EAST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4024 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 TO 15.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........64 69 69 68 67 62 56 51 50 49 48 51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............59 59 63 66 69 72 75 76 77 75 72 66
RH..............93 96 90 81 76 66 62 60 56 55 61 68
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.3 2.8 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W N NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 6 3 2 3 5 7 8
LVORI...........6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3
ADI.............9 9 9 11 12 11 8 6 10 13 15 13
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 4 6 8 9 10 8 7 8 10 11 11
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (804 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................1 TO 7.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........55 58 62 65 69 69 68 68 68 69 69 68
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............60 57 55 53 53 52 53 53 53 54 55 56
RH..............75 77 83 93 93 100 96 96 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E SE SE SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 6 6 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 10 10 9 7 6 5 3 2 2
LVORI...........3 4 4 6 6 9 8 8 9 10 10 10
ADI.............6 7 7 7 7 4 3 3 2 1 1 1
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.9 7 6 5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 0
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 13 TO
18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (804 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62904 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 62 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........67 65 54 53 52 46 39 33 30 28 25 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............57 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 77 78 77 76
RH..............96 96 90 87 81 73 68 62 60 58 60 60
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.5 3 5 7 11 12 14 14 15 15 16 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 3 6 9 13 15 16 17 17 18
LVORI...........8 8 6 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 2 2 4 8 20 34 48 55 59 62 53
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.0 1 1 2 6 15 28 44 52 58 62 46
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR
FORECASTER...IYER
REQUESTED BY...F SIMMONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604937.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/06/26
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.EMAIL FRANK_SIMMONS@FWS.GOV
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