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FNUS71 KAKQ 200431
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR POWHATAN SP...VA DCR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1231 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0100 EDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOUTHWEST WIND
GUSTS AROUND 20MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND MIN HUMIDITY OF 25-30%. THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH ONLY A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF PRECIP EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND OUT OF THE
NORTH ON SATURDAY WITH MIN HUMIDITY BETWEEN 35-40%.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1035 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2.
TIME (EDT) 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........9 35 39 43 47
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............41 40 39 37 38
RH..............78 73 79 85 82
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 1 1 2
20 FT WIND GUST.3 2 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........3 4 4 5 5
ADI.............2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO
30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1035 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (79925 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (120059
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 120 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........34 21 8 8 7 7 12 18 23 39 55 71
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............38 37 38 44 51 58 63 67 69 71 71 71
RH..............85 89 85 73 59 49 39 34 32 30 30 31
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 11 10
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 6 8 11 14 15 16 19 19 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.6 3.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 5 7 10 14 17 22 25 28 30 29
LVORI...........5 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 4 5 7 14 26 52 78 102 114 120 116
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 4 10 19 45 79 120 133 141 136
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 24 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 5
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (81420 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1609 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................82 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........78 85 92 83 74 65 59 53 47 35 29 31
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 30 40 30 20 40 50 60 30 10 0 0
TEMP............69 67 65 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 53 53
RH..............33 37 40 48 51 55 60 64 69 72 83 83
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 2.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 17 12 10 12 13 12 10 9 7 5 3
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4
ADI.............82 23 10 9 10 11 11 10 6 5 3 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.81 36 9 8 8 9 8 6 5 3 2 1
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1724 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (26794 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 TO 32.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39 42 47 44 37 29 30 31 32 33 33 34
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 51 51 54 59 63 66 68 70 71 72 71
RH..............86 89 89 80 64 56 48 43 39 38 35 36
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW N N N N N N N N NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 5 7 7 8 9 11 11 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.9 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W N N N N N N N N N NE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 6 8 8 9 8 7 6 5 5 5
LVORI...........5 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
ADI.............2 5 7 11 19 27 32 32 31 27 26 28
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 2 3 8 15 21 25 26 26 23 22 24
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...CHRETIEN
REQUESTED BY...KERRY ONEILL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606692.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KERRY.ONEILL@DCR.VIRGINIA.GOV
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