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FNUS71 KAKQ 131011
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR 5F MAPLETON...NCWRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
611 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
AFTER A COOL START, SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE BY MID MORNING, WITH AFTERNOON
GUSTS TO 15 TO 20 MPH. DRY CONDITIONS PREVAIL, WITH MIN RH VALUES 35 TO 40%.
A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT, BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE MINIMAL.
MAINLY DRY WITH NW WINDS THURSDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 15 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1724 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (85100 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 95 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0 0 1 1 2 7 12 16 14 12 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 54 61 66 70 73 75 76 77 78 78
RH..............96 80 67 56 49 44 40 37 36 37 39
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 11 13 14 15 16 18 16 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 2.1 3.6 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 7 10 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15
LVORI...........5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 27 54 82 89 92 62 95 94 90
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 4 21 44 71 78 82 85 84 83 79
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 7
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (50484 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3564 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................61 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 (%).........12 16 38 46 53 63 72 74 76 72 67 68
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 30 30 30 10
TEMP............77 73 69 67 65 63 62 61 60 59 58 58
RH..............42 49 59 65 70 78 81 84 87 90 93 93
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 11 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 2.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 9 10 10 12 10 9 8 7 7 7
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6
ADI.............61 7 4 7 7 7 7 6 3 5 4 5
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.50 25 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...BROWN
REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER PRINCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/13/26
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