978
FNUS71 KAKQ 221224
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR CA 6...FORT A.P. HILL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
824 AM EDT SUN MAR 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
A WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT INCREASED
TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS TO THE AREA. THOUGH DEW POINT VALUES
WILL BE IN THE 40-50S TODAY, WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED, LEADING TO RH VALUES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. WINDS WILL
BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT, WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS PEAKING AT 10-15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15-20 MPH. THERE ARE SOME
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR MONDAY, WITH ELEVATED WIND GUSTS TO 20-25 MPH AND
RH VALUES OF 30% OR LESS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 20
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2989 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (82455 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 75 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........36 36 36 32 28 25 23 21 19
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 62 68 72 77 82 82 83 84
RH..............77 69 55 49 40 33 32 30 30
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 9 9 12 13 14 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 7 8 12 14 17 20 20
LVORI...........4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 7 11 22 38 47 60 71 75
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 5 8 17 30 47 61 75 82
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (48989 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4370 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................52 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 (%).........15 10 6 13 20 27 30 34 37 54 71 82
WEATHER COV..... CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 30
TEMP............81 79 76 73 71 71 70 69 69 67 66 64
RH..............33 36 42 48 51 53 55 58 59 63 68 71
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S SW SW SW SW W N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 12 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 12 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 8 8
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............52 8 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.48 20 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 14 TO
22 MPH IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 25 TO
29 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10005 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (103844 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (127994
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 116 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........83 91 91 86 78 70 55 55 22 17 11 6
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 30 30 30 30 30 30 10 10 10 10
TEMP............61 60 59 58 57 56 57 59 60 60 59 58
RH..............75 81 87 80 75 69 59 49 42 40 36 34
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.8 11 11 15 19 20 21 21 21 21 21 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 14 17 17 17 18 22 25 28 29 28 25
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 21 25 32 38 45 57 71 112 116 113 105
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.10 16 21 31 42 56 77 103 129 136 135 128
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...BARNHARDT
REQUESTED BY...CURTIS GARNETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/22/26
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