627
FNUS71 KAKQ 011555
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR ANDERSON RX BURN...VA DOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1155 AM EDT WED APR 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
WARM AGAIN TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE
LOWER TO MID 80S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO GUST TO
AROUND 15 MPH, WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 15-20 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON TOMORROW. MIN RH VALUES THURSDAY WILL BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN
AROUND 45%. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAY BRING SOME RAINFALL
ACCUMULATION TO THE AREA, WITH A QUARTER TO HALF INCH POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
HEAVIER STORMS. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE MORNING,
FOLLOWED BY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5520 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (73370 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................11 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 87 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........47 41 39 37 35 44 52 61 61 61 61
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 40 40 40 40
TEMP............62 64 66 69 73 77 80 82 83 83 82
RH..............90 90 87 76 69 60 54 49 47 46 46
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.2 3.0 3.8 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 10 12 13 15 16 17
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 11 15 22 28 40 52 68 76 84 87
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 5 11 16 22 31 43 57 64 71 73
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (48874 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (7129 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................61 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........61 61 33 32 30 29 27 26 24 24 23 23
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............80 78 75 73 71 70 69 67 66 65 64 63
RH..............47 50 58 59 62 66 66 65 70 73 75 78
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 13 12 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 13
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
ADI.............61 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.48 25 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8855 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (106949 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 76 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........25 28 30 28 25 23 22 20 19 21 23 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............62 62 63 65 69 73 76 79 81 82 83 83
RH..............81 84 81 75 68 62 56 49 44 41 40 40
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 15 15 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 1.0 1.8 2.6 3.4 4.4 5.3 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 15 17 18 18 17 16 16 16 16
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 14 17 34 55 63 70 72 73 74 76 75
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.8 10 12 26 43 62 78 90 100 103 106 106
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...BARNHARDT
REQUESTED BY...J. DONALDSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/01/26
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