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FNUS71 KAKQ 171309
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR SHARPS POINT RX...MD DNR FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
909 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
DRY AND SOMEWHAT BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH
WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 20 MPH. MIN RH
VALUES FALL TO 30-35% UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH VERY GOOD
MIXING. DRY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY BUT WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (85560 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................57 TO 86.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........17 21 25 29 33 44 55 66
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 38 39 40 41 42 42 44
RH..............50 44 42 39 37 36 34 32
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 10 10 10 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.18 19 18 16 16 15 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 4.8 5.2 5.7 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 21 20 18 17 17 17 16
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............83 86 83 80 78 77 57 57
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.85 101 102 103 106 106 108 108
VENTRATE CAT....GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MAX HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 20
TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING
TO 5 TO 13 MPH OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO AROUND 3
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (74635 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4255 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................45 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........74 82 90 82 73 64 45 27 8 14 29 37
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 41 39 36 36 35 34 32 31 29 29 28
RH..............36 41 46 52 50 52 54 56 58 63 60 63
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.13 11 8 11 11 12 11 11 8 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1 3.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 12 16 21 24 20 13 7 5 3 3
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............45 8 8 11 14 32 13 6 3 2 1 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.74 46 27 36 46 50 37 21 10 5 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....GD FR PR PR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...IYER
REQUESTED BY...RYAN GALLIGAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606034.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/17/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL RYAN.GALLIGAN@MARYLAND.GOV
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