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FNUS71 KAKQ 301058
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR POWHATAN SP RX...VA DCR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
658 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH
THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH MIN RHS AROUND 40-45%. WINDS MAY
SUBSIDE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT, BUT WILL BE BREEZY AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
MIN RHS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE A BIT MORE EACH DAY BETWEEN
45-50% WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 80S BEGINNING TUESDAY.
ASIDE FROM A VERY LIGHT SHOWER THIS MORNING, THERE IS NO CHANCE
FOR A WETTING RAIN THROUGH MID-WEEK.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 23
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6439 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (121324 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 72 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........69 69 65 62 58 59 59 60 58 56 54
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............52 53 55 58 62 65 68 70 71 72 72
RH..............80 80 77 69 62 56 52 49 47 46 46
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 18 20 21 20 20 20 20 20 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.3 4.1 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 13 17 21 22 22 22 22 23 22
LVORI...........4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 9 24 43 61 55 61 65 69 72 70
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.6 8 18 34 53 73 89 104 113 121 121
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 10 MPH
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (70955 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5750 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................67 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 (%).........47 40 34 28 23 18 14 9 7 7 7 7
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............71 70 68 65 64 63 63 62 61 59 59 58
RH..............47 49 54 60 63 65 62 65 67 75 75 80
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 14 15 15 16 16 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 14 9 8 8 9 9 10 10 9 9 9
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............67 9 4 4 4 6 6 7 7 7 6 6
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.70 30 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 21
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9545 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (118909 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 91 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........7 8 9 11 12 14 17 21 24 24 23 23
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............58 58 59 61 65 70 74 77 80 81 82 81
RH..............80 83 80 78 70 61 53 48 44 42 41 42
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.18 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.0 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.5 3.3 4.0 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 15 17 20 21 21 20 18 20 21 21
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 15 20 35 48 59 68 72 75 80 87 91
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.9 12 16 26 39 51 66 77 88 98 109 118
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD VGD
FORECASTER...PEGRAM
REQUESTED BY...KERRY ONEILL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608471.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/30/26
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