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FNUS71 KAKQ 201052
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR CA 16...FORT A.P. HILL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
652 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 30% THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH
AT 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING, THEN INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVE INTO THE AREA
AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL
EXPECTED. DRY WEATHER RETURNS TOMORROW BUT WITH LIGHTER WINDS OUT
OF THE NORTH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 28 TO
35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4255 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (81420 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (134320
MPH-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 120 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........11 12 14 15 16 17 33 50 66
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............45 51 57 61 65 69 70 70 71
RH..............70 59 51 44 37 32 31 31 30
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 7 9 10 12 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.8 13 15 18 20 22 22 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.3 2.5 3.7 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 10 16 22 28 32 35 33
LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 10 18 45 79 114 120 120 120
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 7 13 39 81 134 151 157 150
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
OVERNIGHT, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
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 20 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 14
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (92000 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3104 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................94 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........75 84 93 87 81 75 68 70 48 29 24 26
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 30 50 40 30 50 50 60 20 10 0 0
TEMP............69 67 65 61 60 60 58 58 57 55 53 52
RH..............33 39 45 53 55 58 64 67 69 74 80 83
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..11 9 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.19 15 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 2.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.28 20 14 12 13 14 13 13 12 9 8 7
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5
ADI.............94 27 12 11 11 12 12 8 7 4 4 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.92 42 12 10 11 11 9 8 6 5 4 3
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 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING
LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
8 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2989 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (47379 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 56 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........15 20 32 18 23 27 26 26 25 26 26 27
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 57 60 63 65 66 67 68 66
RH..............83 89 89 80 69 62 54 46 43 40 37 38
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 7 9 9 11 11 11 11 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 8 10 12 13 12 12 10 9 8
LVORI...........5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 6 7 14 26 39 48 53 56 51 44 38
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 3 3 10 20 31 38 44 47 42 36 31
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...IYER
REQUESTED BY...CURTIS GARNETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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