899
FNUS71 KAKQ 231028
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR OLD FIELD RX...USWFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
628 AM EDT THU APR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY TODAY. A CALM TO VERY LIGHT WIND EARLY THIS
MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH LATER THIS
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RH VALUES FALL TO 40 TO 45%. A
SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON SHIFTING THE WIND TO
SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER, THE LATEST GUIDANCE DEPICTS THIS OCCURRING
AFTER 6 PM.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2530 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38180 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 TO 46.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 9 10 11 12 16 21 26 23 19 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............56 60 64 68 72 74 75 77 78 78 79
RH..............83 81 70 61 53 50 48 45 43 43 44
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 3 5 8 8 9 9 11 9 9 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.2 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
LVORI...........5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 8 10 18 26 33 40 46 46 45 44
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 8 13 20 26 32 37 38 37 34
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 2 TO
3 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (18630 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (804 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 TO 24.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........16 17 17 17 16 15 17 20 22 25 27 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 76 72 67 65 63 62 61 60 59 57 57
RH..............48 50 59 70 75 81 84 84 87 87 90 86
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W SW S S S S S S NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW S S S S S S SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 6
ADI.............24 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.18 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (804 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (25184 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 TO 32.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 34 36 32 28 24 29 33 38 38 38 38
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20
TEMP............57 56 59 63 67 71 73 75 75 75 75 75
RH..............83 86 75 62 54 46 44 43 45 45 45 46
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE N NE E E SE S S SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E NE E E E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 8 8 9 9
LVORI...........5 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 2 2 3 5 9 14 22 31 32 32 32
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.0 0 1 2 3 6 11 17 23 25 25 24
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...ZIMMERMAN
REQUESTED BY...ERIC KRONNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/23/26
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