882  
FNUS71 KAKQ 311000  
FWSAKQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILNA RX...USDOI  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
600 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MARCH 31.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
WARMER TODAY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES  
CLIMBING INTO THE 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE  
BY LATE MORNING WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH EXPECTED INTO THIS  
EVENING. MIN RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 45%. MIN RHS ARE  
FORECAST TO INCREASE A BIT MORE EACH DAY BETWEEN 45-50% WITH HIGH  
TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 80S. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR A WETTING  
RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
   
TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 26  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8280 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (117414 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (129604  
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................8 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 81 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........5 5 3 6 8 11 15 18 22 23 23 24  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............59 59 60 63 68 72 75 79 80 80 82 80  
RH..............75 78 78 72 61 55 50 44 42 42 40 42  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 15 15 16 16 19 19 19 20 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.2 3.2 4.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 15 16 17 17 18 20 21 23 26 26  
LVORI...........3 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............8 10 11 26 38 47 61 54 64 72 80 81  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.8 10 11 20 29 39 58 79 103 117 129 132  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.  
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 13  
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (80730 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (8510 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................80 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 8 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........22 19 17 13 13 19 19 18 13 19 15 15  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............80 78 74 72 71 71 70 69 68 67 66 65  
RH..............42 47 53 59 61 61 61 66 65 70 70 73  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 2.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 17 13 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12  
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............80 12 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.80 36 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 9  
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
WEDNESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.  
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11270 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (64629 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 57 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........14 12 12 12 21 29 36 44 51 51 51 51  
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30  
TEMP............65 65 64 68 72 76 79 82 84 85 85 84  
RH..............75 75 78 73 66 58 52 47 44 43 43 44  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.4 3.4 4.5 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W W W W SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 16 17 18 18 16 14 12 12 12 12  
LVORI...........4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............9 16 20 34 44 51 57 54 50 48 49 48  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.11 13 16 25 35 43 56 62 64 61 60 59  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR  
 
 
FORECASTER...BUTNER  
REQUESTED BY...F SIMMONS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2608665.0/AKQ  
.DELDT 03/31/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL FRANK_SIMMONS@FWS.GOV  
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