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SPOT FORECAST FOR DOOLITTLE PROPERTY PRESCRIBED BURN...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
754 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0000 EDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
A COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AND OFFSHORE EARLY MONDAY,
BRINGING BENEFICIAL RAINFALL TO THE AREA. NORTHERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ON THE BACK SIDE OF DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE MONDAY WITH
CLEARING SKIES. MANY OF OUR FIRE WEATHER PARAMETERS ONLY EXTEND
UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING AT THIS TIME, SO MANY VALUES
BELOW ARE MISSING AT THIS RANGE.
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 20 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (41860 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO FAIR (15754 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................9 TO 16.
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........50 46 43 39 34 30
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 10 10 10
TEMP............49 47 46 45 44 44
RH..............89 89 89 89 93 93
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 12 12 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 23 22 21 21 20
LVORI...........5 5 5 5 6 6
ADI.............16 15 14 9 9 9
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.41 29 18 17 16 15
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (21735 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (32314 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON EARLY IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........26 23 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 17 15 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............44 44 46 50 55 59 62 65 67 68 69 69
RH..............93 93 89 80 66 60 54 50 47 45 44 44
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.4 1.8 M M M M M M M M M
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N M M M M M M M M M
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 18 18 M M M M M M M M M
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.21 27 32 M M M M M M M M M
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR M M M M M M M M M
MONDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MISSING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MISSING.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........14 14 14 13 11 10 14 19 23 28 34 39
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............67 64 61 57 53 50 48 47 46 45 45 45
RH..............47 54 60 69 80 89 93 96 96 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.11 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...M M M M M M M M M M M M
TRANSP WIND DIR.M M M M M M M M M M M M
TRANSP WIND SPD.M M M M M M M M M M M M
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.M M M M M M M M M M M M
VENTRATE CAT....M M M M M M M M M M M M
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MISSING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MISSING.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........46 52 59 59 59 59 63 66 70 69 67 66
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
TEMP............45 46 48 53 59 64 67 70 71 72 73 73
RH..............100 96 93 83 69 63 59 55 53 51 51 51
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 7 8 8 9 11 12 12 13 12 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...M M M M M M M M M M M M
TRANSP WIND DIR.M M M M M M M M M M M M
TRANSP WIND SPD.M M M M M M M M M M M M
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.M M M M M M M M M M M M
VENTRATE CAT....M M M M M M M M M M M M
FORECASTER...ROGERS
REQUESTED BY...FAITH STEWART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611578.0/AKQ
.DELDT 04/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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