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SPOT FORECAST FOR RCP - RAWLINGS 180 LLP...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
631 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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 WITH MINIMUM RH
VALUES AROUND 35% THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH
THIS MORNING, THEN INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST.
GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVE INTO THE AREA
AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL
EXPECTED. DRY WEATHER RETURNS TOMORROW BUT WITH LIGHTER WINDS OUT
OF THE NORTH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 17 TO
26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3909 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (114079 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 120 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 4 5 7 9 11 24 38 52
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 49 56 60 63 67 67 68 68
RH..............76 66 55 46 41 34 36 34 34
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 7 9 10 10 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.5 8 11 13 14 16 18 19 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.4 2.3 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 10 14 17 21 24 26 26
LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 10 18 39 68 102 119 100 120
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 7 13 30 55 86 100 110 114
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 14
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (74980 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (6324 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................93 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 8 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........64 75 87 86 86 85 74 70 58 57 45 47
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 30 30 40 50 50 60 40 30 20 10
TEMP............66 64 62 59 59 57 57 56 55 55 52 52
RH..............38 43 48 53 55 59 59 64 66 66 77 77
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 21 18 17 17 17 17 16 15 14 14 12
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4
ADI.............93 14 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 8
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.74 38 10 10 11 11 10 10 9 8 7 6
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO
6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2530 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38870 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 48 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 34 42 28 32 36 38 41 43 40 36 33
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 51 52 55 60 65 68 70 72 73 74 72
RH..............77 83 80 77 67 60 52 47 42 41 38 39
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W NW NW N N N N NE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 5 6 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.7 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W NW N N N N N NE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 6 8 12 14 13 9 7 6 5 6
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
ADI.............4 7 6 12 27 43 48 44 36 29 27 32
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 3 2 8 20 34 38 36 30 24 23 27
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...IYER
REQUESTED BY...BOBBY CLONTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606719.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/20/26
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