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FNUS71 KAKQ 201005
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILNA RX...USDOI WFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
605 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
MILD, BREEZY, AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. MIN HUMIDITY WILL
BE 35-40%. WINDS START OUT CALM EARLY THIS MORNING, THEN INCREASE
OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST BY THE LATE MORNING. GUSTS UP THE 20MPH EXPECTED.
SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH ONLY
A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF PRECIP EXPECTED. DRY WEATHER RETURNS TOMORROW BUT
WITH LIGHTER WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 28 TO
35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1494 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (75900 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (124199
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 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 (%).........5 7 8 10 11 13 14 14 15 32 49 65
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............38 39 39 45 50 56 60 64 68 68 69 69
RH..............79 76 79 68 61 53 47 41 37 37 36 36
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 6 8 12 13 14 15 18 18 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 2.4 3.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 6 8 10 16 22 28 32 35 33
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 5 6 7 10 18 44 76 109 120 120 120
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 2 4 7 13 37 75 124 142 152 148
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 (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 15
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (90390 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4370 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................93 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........74 82 90 88 86 84 76 70 59 37 29 28
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 50 40 40 50 50 60 30 10 0 0
TEMP............67 66 64 61 59 59 58 58 57 56 53 53
RH..............40 42 46 53 60 60 64 67 69 74 83 83
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S 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 13 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 2.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.28 21 14 13 14 15 15 15 14 12 10 8
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5
ADI.............93 27 13 12 13 14 14 10 9 5 5 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.90 41 11 11 12 13 12 11 9 7 5 4
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
8 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3909 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (47035 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 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 (%).........18 17 33 19 23 27 27 26 26 26 26 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 51 52 55 58 60 62 64 65 66 66 65
RH..............83 89 86 77 69 64 58 50 46 43 42 41
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 8 9 9 11 11 11 9 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 8 10 12 13 13 13 12 9 8
LVORI...........5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 7 13 24 37 46 53 57 50 41 33
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 3 4 10 18 29 36 43 47 40 33 27
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...CHRETIEN
REQUESTED BY...F SIMMONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606715.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/20/26
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