788
FNUS71 KAKQ 182039
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR CA 4...FORT A.P. HILL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
439 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1700 EDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT S WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH DRY
CONDITIONS AND RHS AROUND 30%. A COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO
PUSH THROUGH SUNDAY. WHILE MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED, A FEW SPOTS
COULD PICK UP A FEW TENTHS OF INCH OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL FROM
SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY. QUICKLY DRYING OUT BY LATE SUN AFTERNOON
WITH RHS DROPPING TO 30-40%, POTENTIALLY A BIT LOWER. WIND SPEEDS
WILL GENERALLY BE MOST ELEVATED IN THE MORNING IMMEDIATELY
BEHIND THE FRONT, BUT WILL AVERAGE 10 MPH OUT OF THE NW INTO
THE AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. TURNING VERY DRY AND
BREEZY MONDAY WITH MIN RHS 15-25%. AS A RESULT, INCREASED FIRE
DANGER IS LIKELY BY THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, WITH THE
EXACT MAGNITUDE DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT AND COVERAGE OF RAIN THAT
FALLS SUNDAY. VERY DRY AGAIN FOR TUESDAY WITH LIGHTER WINDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (119484 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................120.
TIME (EDT) 5PM
SKY (%).........20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0
TEMP............88
RH..............29
20 FT WIND DIR..S
20 FT WIND SPD..8
20 FT WIND GUST.14
MIX HGT (KFT)...8.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S
TRANSP WIND SPD.15
LVORI...........1
ADI.............120
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.119
VENTRATE CAT....VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 6 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (48989 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1839 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................60 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 (%).........35 44 71 71 63 72 89 92 90 82 74 66
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10
TEMP............85 80 75 74 72 71 71 71 71 70 69 68
RH..............33 42 52 53 55 57 57 55 55 57 61 63
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE S S S S SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 8 8 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 7
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
ADI.............60 10 9 8 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.48 10 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
23 TO 29 MPH IN THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO
13 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7704 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (76015 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (127419
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................12 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 120 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........76 85 95 96 96 97 94 91 89 73 57 40
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC LKY DEF LKY LKY SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 50 50 60 80 60 60 20 10 0 0 0
TEMP............63 58 55 53 51 49 50 51 52 56 58 60
RH..............67 75 74 77 77 80 71 66 59 45 39 32
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 11 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 8 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 19 23 22 20 19 16 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.4 5.1 6.8 7.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 23 29 29 26 23 18 15 13 15 18 22
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 42 59 64 61 51 43 43 52 88 120 120
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.7 43 64 74 74 61 52 38 42 76 127 155
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD FR FR PR PR GD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...WRAY
REQUESTED BY...CURTIS GARNETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/18/26
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