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FNUS71 KAKQ 262108
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR DOOLITTLE PROPRTY PRESCRIBED BURN...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
508 PM EDT SUN APR 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
DRY CONDITIONS WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED. WINDS WILL
AVERAGE N TO NE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH. RH VALUES
DROP TO AROUND 35 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. INCREASING CLOUD
COVER ON TUESDAY WITH THE CHANCE FOR A SPOTTY SHOWER, A WIDESPREAD
WETTING RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY.
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14489 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (58074 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 68 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........28 28 28 24 20 16 13 11 8 8 8 8
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 45 47 51 54 58 62 64 66 68 69 68
RH..............96 93 86 74 66 57 50 45 40 37 36 37
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 12
LVORI...........6 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 28 37 42 47 51 58 63 68 67 66 64
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 21 28 33 37 41 47 52 58 57 56 54
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR
MONDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 2 TO
3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36225 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (690 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................45 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 (%).........7 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 14 18 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............66 62 59 55 51 49 47 45 44 43 42 41
RH..............42 48 55 64 74 80 83 89 93 96 96 100
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E NE NE N N
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 9 8 7 5 5 3 2 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E E E E NE N NW NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 4 5 7 7 9 9 10
ADI.............45 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.36 19 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6 TO 13
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1265 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (39560 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................1 TO 41.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........24 27 29 32 34 37 46 54 63 68 74 80
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
TEMP............41 44 48 51 57 62 66 68 70 71 72 72
RH..............100 93 83 74 59 50 45 42 39 39 39 41
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NW SW S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.6 0.7 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE N W SW W W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 13
LVORI...........10 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............1 4 4 9 14 20 22 23 21 29 37 41
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 2 6 11 15 17 18 22 29 36 39
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...BUTNER
REQUESTED BY...FAITH STEWART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611793.0/AKQ
.DELDT 04/26/26
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