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FNUS71 KAKQ 010918
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR TADEN RX BURN...VA DOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
518 AM EDT WED APR 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
WARM AGAIN TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S.
HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE RISE TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY, WITH MIN RH VALUES
AVERAGING AROUND 40%. A GUSTY SW WIND IS EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 20
TO 25 MPH. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LATER
TODAY, ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
REMAINING WARM WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THE NEXT CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN IS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8164 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (77280 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 61 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........19 21 24 27 30 39 47 56 59 62 66
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 30 50
TEMP............63 65 67 72 77 80 83 84 84 85 84
RH..............84 78 73 61 52 47 43 41 41 41 43
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.2 4.4 5.6 6.9 6.2 5.6 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 14 14 14 13 12 10 12 14 15
LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............9 13 28 38 45 49 50 49 52 60 61
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.8 9 21 32 43 55 62 71 73 77 73
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44505 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3794 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 TO 44.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........68 70 72 75 78 81 75 69 63 56 49 42
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 50 40 40 40 30 30 20 10 10 10
TEMP............82 80 75 73 71 70 69 68 67 66 64 64
RH..............47 51 62 66 71 73 78 81 84 84 90 90
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S SW S S SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.11 8 6 11 9 9 9 9 11 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 8 9 10 12 12 12 10 10 9 9
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
ADI.............44 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.44 19 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4600 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (73025 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 49 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 34 40 38 36 34 43 52 61 61 61 61
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 40 40 40 40
TEMP............64 62 64 65 69 73 77 80 82 83 83 82
RH..............90 97 93 93 84 76 67 58 53 51 49 51
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.9 3.7 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 17
LVORI...........6 6 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 11 11 14 21 28 42 45 40 43 46 49
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 5 5 11 16 22 33 45 60 66 71 73
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD
FORECASTER...BUTNER
REQUESTED BY...JOSIAH DONALDSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/01/26
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