895
FNUS71 KAKQ 261306
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR BECKY TAYLOR...WILD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
906 AM EDT MON OCT 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON OCTOBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE LOCAL AREA
TODAY, BRINGING LIGHT WINDS WITH MIN RH VALUES AROUND 40% THIS
AFTERNOON. NE WINDS PREVAIL TODAY THROUGH MIDWEEK, WITH RH
VALUES RETURNING TO NEAR 50% BY WEDNESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14489 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (33810 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................19 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 7 1 2 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 66 67 68 68 66
RH..............56 50 47 45 45 46
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 9 11 11 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 10 12 12 10 9
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............19 30 42 38 31 24
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 24 33 30 24 18
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6 TO 7
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1954 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 TO 15.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 12 14 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 58 53 52 51 51 50 50 50 49 49 48
RH..............54 68 82 86 89 89 93 93 93 96 96 100
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W NW NW N N
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W NW NW NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
LVORI...........2 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 9
ADI.............15 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.11 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY
IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST
AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2530 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (34615 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........16 16 16 17 19 20 24 28 31 32 33 36
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 48 49 54 59 63 66 67 68 68 69 66
RH..............100 100 96 80 69 62 54 52 51 49 47 52
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 7 9 11 13 13 12 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.1 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 12 13 12 12 10 10 9 9
LVORI...........9 8 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 8 8 12 22 32 38 41 42 39 36 33
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 3 9 16 25 30 32 34 31 29 26
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO
REQUESTED BY...WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624427.0/AKQ
.DELDT 10/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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