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FNUS71 KAKQ 200913
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR PLEASANT GROVE RX...VDOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
513 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
MILD, DRY, AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. MIN HUMIDITY
WILL BE 30 TO 35%. STARTING OUT WITH CALM WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING,
THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND REMAIN BREEZY
THROUGH INTO THE EVENING. GUSTS AROUND 20MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS PASS THROUGH DURING THE LATE EVENING/EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS, BUT ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF PRECIP EXPECTED. DRY
CONDITIONS RETURN EARLY TOMORROW WITH A MUCH LIGHTER NORTH WIND.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 31
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1265 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (74980 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (120059
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 120 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........16 17 18 18 27 36 44 57 70 82
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............40 46 51 57 61 66 70 70 71 71
RH..............76 65 61 53 46 37 32 32 32 32
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 4 5 7 8 9 10 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 7 11 13 15 16 16 16 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.6 3.8 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 7 10 15 20 24 28 30 31
LVORI...........6 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 5 10 20 44 72 101 83 88 120
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 3 7 14 38 74 120 131 138 140
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 33 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 6
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (108329 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1954 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................111 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 (%).........85 87 90 82 73 66 64 62 43 41 30 38
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 40 30 20 50 50 40 20 10 0 0
TEMP............69 67 65 61 60 60 58 56 55 54 52 52
RH..............36 39 43 51 55 58 62 69 74 77 86 86
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 12 12 11 11 11 11 8 8 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.33 33 32 25 16 9 7 8 8 7 6 5
LVORI...........1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 6
ADI.............111 45 29 22 11 6 5 5 5 5 3 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.108 68 25 18 10 5 4 4 4 3 2 1
VENTRATE CAT....GD FR 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 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO 7 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (919 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (33580 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 TO 39.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........47 46 52 49 42 35 33 31 29 30 30 31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 50 51 53 58 63 66 69 70 71 72 71
RH..............86 93 89 83 67 56 48 40 38 36 35 36
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N N N N N NE NE E
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 3 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.4 4.0 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW N N N N NE E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 2 2 3 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7
LVORI...........6 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............2 3 2 5 12 21 24 24 25 28 33 39
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 0 3 9 16 19 20 21 23 27 33
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...CHRETIEN
REQUESTED BY...TYLER HILL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606634.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL TYLER.HILL@DOF.VIRGINIA.GOV
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