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FNUS71 KAKQ 091602
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCK TALES...VDOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1202 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
PATCHY DENSE FOG AND MARINE LOW STRATUS WILL POTENTIALLY RE-DEVLEOP
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE
LATE TONIGHT, BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT ~5 MPH BY LATE
MORNING, PEAKING AT 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS BRIEFLY REACHING 10-15 MPH
BY MID- AFTERNOON. MORNING INVERSION LIKELY BREAKS AFTER 10 AM,
WITH GOOD MIXING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MIN RH VALUES OF 35-40%
ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 15
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (690 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (76820 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........23 16 13 15 10 12 7 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 70 74 77 79 80 81 80
RH..............75 61 50 43 40 39 38 40
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 7 9 11 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.9 2.0 3.2 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 7 9 10 13 15 15
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 5 14 27 45 58 70 76
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (44620 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2989 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 6 6 6 5 3 5 8 10 16 22 28
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............79 75 70 69 67 65 64 63 62 61 61 60
RH..............44 51 61 66 72 78 83 86 89 93 97 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 8 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.44 18 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 23
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4140 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (109364 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........38 47 57 56 54 53 46 39 32 34 37 39
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............60 60 61 64 68 72 75 78 80 81 82 82
RH..............96 95 100 92 86 79 71 65 59 55 54 51
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 9 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.7 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 9 13 15 17 18 20 22 23 23
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 4 5 12 22 35 51 67 85 96 106 109
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT BACHMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/09/26
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