962
FNUS71 KAKQ 150952
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR ADMIN RX...WFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
552 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
SUNNY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO
THE LOWER 70S THIS AFTERNOON. NW WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 15 MPH
BY LATER THIS MORNING, BUT WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH BY EARLY
THIS EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 PERCENT TODAY. CONTINUED DRY THIS WEEKEND WITH
A WARMING TREND.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 14
TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3334 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (105454 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 119 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 3 2 3 4 3 5 3 4 6 11 13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 45 52 58 61 64 67 68 70 72 73 73
RH..............95 90 65 55 48 43 39 39 36 34 33 33
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 8 8 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 8 11 12 14 15 14 14 13 12 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.2 2.6 4.0 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 12 15 17 20 20 18 17 15 15 15 14
LVORI...........3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 11 24 57 90 119 119 113 106 105 104 97
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 5 18 45 75 104 105 101 96 95 94 88
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 2 TO 3
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44505 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (804 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................56 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........13 14 9 12 18 14 18 22 9 17 18 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............71 68 65 62 59 57 56 55 55 53 52 52
RH..............36 40 46 54 60 67 72 74 77 83 86 86
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..4 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.8 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6
ADI.............56 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.44 13 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 18
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1839 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (102119 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 116 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 7 8 9 3 2 5 12 13 16 20 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 57 61 66 71 76 78 79 80 80 81 81
RH..............80 75 70 63 55 46 42 41 39 39 39 39
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 6 7 9 9 11 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.6 2.5 3.4 4.1 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 6 8 12 14 15 15 15 17 18 18
LVORI...........5 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 4 5 17 37 61 73 84 95 105 115 116
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 2 3 12 28 47 60 72 83 93 101 102
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...DUTTER
REQUESTED BY...F SIMMONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613702.0/AKQ
.DELDT 05/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL FRANK_SIMMONS@FWS.GOV
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