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SPOT FORECAST FOR RR WOODS ISLAND...NCWRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
629 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MARCH 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
DRY AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL PREVAIL TODAY.
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
25 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY GOOD MIXING IS EXPECTED FROM
MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 40 TO 45%.
A WETTING RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
CROSSES THE AREA.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
AROUND 29 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2530 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (106834 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (130869
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 92 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35 37 33 33 29 26 27 26 35 30 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............60 62 66 71 76 80 82 84 86 87 86
RH..............96 93 87 79 69 60 56 53 48 45 45
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 12 13
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 7 11 13 14 16 20 21 22 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.8 3.7 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 5 6 10 17 23 26 29 29
LVORI...........7 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 6 6 8 14 33 62 92 82 90 90
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 4 6 11 30 64 106 130 147 150
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 13 TO 18
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (101889 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO FAIR (26104 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................92 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 8 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........18 18 14 26 50 64 77 65 59 64 70 70
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............85 83 80 76 75 74 73 73 73 72 72 71
RH..............45 47 52 60 62 64 64 64 64 68 68 71
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..11 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 14 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 16 16 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 3.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 17 13 13 14 16 17 17 18 17 17 16
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
ADI.............92 12 8 8 18 18 22 24 24 20 19 18
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.101 57 28 26 27 30 33 35 36 34 32 29
VENTRATE CAT....GD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...ROGERS
REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER PRINCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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