356
FNUS71 KAKQ 261020
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR BGL...NCWRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
620 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES FARTHER OFFSHORE THROUGH TONIGHT, WITH SW
WINDS INCREASING TO ~10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15-20 KT THIS AFTERNOON.
MINIMUM RH FALL INTO THE 40-45% RANGE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH HIGHER
VALUES CLOSER TO 50% ALONG THE COAST.
LOOKING AHEAD, WARM ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW, THOUGH TEMPERATURES FALL
TOMORROW LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BEHIND A CROSSING COLD
FRONT. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE MID TO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
CONTINUING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MINIMUM RH ONCE AGAIN
~40%.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 18 TO
23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1265 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (115229 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 91 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 22 27 15 24 32 35 40
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 69 71 74 76 77 78 78
RH..............73 66 61 57 53 47 47 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 3.7 4.4 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.5 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 23 23 21 20 21 21 21
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............53 82 90 87 82 87 91 86
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.41 83 101 102 105 115 113 101
VENTRATE CAT....PR GD GD GD GD VGD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (57614 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3794 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................59 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........36 25 16 16 16 12 7 4 9 10 17 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 74 72 69 66 65 65 64 64 63 63 63
RH..............47 54 55 61 70 73 70 73 73 75 75 75
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 13 9 9 12 13 13 12 12 12 12 13
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
ADI.............59 9 4 4 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.57 12 4 3 4 7 7 7 6 5 5 6
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 12 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8740 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (73715 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 70 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........38 34 33 18 25 32 38 45 51 51 51 51
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30
TEMP............62 63 63 66 71 76 79 82 85 84 83 82
RH..............81 78 81 75 66 56 50 46 41 41 41 43
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 13 14 15 16 15 15 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.9 1.7 2.2 2.7 3.4 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W W W W NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 16 18 21 22 22 21 17 15 14 13 12
LVORI...........4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............9 17 23 43 57 66 70 67 45 41 38 35
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.8 10 17 33 46 58 69 73 72 68 62 54
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD FR FR FR
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO
REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER PRINCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/26/26
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