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FNUS71 KAKQ 091801
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR ACORN BURN...VDOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
201 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0000 EDT ON MARCH 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
PATCHY DENSE FOG AND MARINE LOW STRATUS WILL POTENTIALLY RE-DEVLEOP
EARLY TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE TONIGHT,
BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT ~5 MPH BY LATE MORNING, PEAKING AT
5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS BRIEFLY REACHING 15 MPH BY MID-AFTERNOON.
MORNING INVERSION LIKELY BREAKS AFTER 10 AM, WITH GOOD MIXING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MIN RH VALUES OF 35-40% ARE EXPECTED ON
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 14
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (690 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (72795 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 83 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 7 3 9 13 22 22 29 37 29 25 23 12 7 6 7 8 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............59 58 57 55 54 54 53 53 53 56 63 69 73 77 78 80 80 80
RH..............80 83 86 90 93 90 93 89 89 86 72 61 53 48 45 44 44 45
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 5 7 8 11 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 2.1 3.2 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 8 10 13 14 14
LVORI...........5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 15 32 53 67 78 83
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 26 45 57 67 72
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (45540 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2760 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................55 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........7 9 5 6 9 12 12 12 12 16 20 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............78 75 70 67 66 65 64 64 63 62 61 61
RH..............48 55 66 73 75 81 84 87 90 93 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 6
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6
ADI.............55 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.45 21 4 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3334 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (112929 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (124199
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 77 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 37 43 46 48 51 50 50 49 46 43 40
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............61 61 61 65 68 72 75 78 80 81 82 82
RH..............97 97 100 90 87 79 71 64 60 56 55 53
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 7 9 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.7 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.2 4.0 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 7 9 12 13 13 15 18 23 25
LVORI...........8 7 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 6 6 12 22 31 41 49 45 57 70 77
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 3 3 9 16 26 39 53 71 92 112 124
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD VGD
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO
REQUESTED BY...ALEX HERNANDEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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