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FNUS71 KAKQ 201215
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR LANS POND...DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
815 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OFF THE COAST THIS MORNING KEEPING THE AREA DRY THIS MORNING AND THROUGH
THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH FROM LATE MORNING AND
LASTING THROUGH THE EVENING. DUE TO THE MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW COMING OFF THE BAY IT WILL KEEP RH VALUES BETWEEN
45-55% THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EVENING. THEN BY EVENING RAIN CHANCES INCREASE AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.
NOT MUCH RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH ROUGHLY .1" OF QPF IS EXPECTED. THESE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FROM THIS EVENING
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 26
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24839 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (45195 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................32 TO 46.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........17 17 17 35 52 70
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............54 57 59 59 60 60
RH..............57 51 49 49 49 49
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..11 13 15 16 16 17
20 FT WIND GUST.19 21 23 23 25 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 22 24 25 25 24
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............32 45 45 46 44 40
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.24 35 45 44 42 37
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 9 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24609 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3334 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 32.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........77 84 91 89 88 86 78 71 63 44 34 34
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 30 50 60 60 60 50 30 20 20 10 0
TEMP............59 59 58 56 56 56 55 55 54 54 53 53
RH..............53 53 57 64 66 69 72 72 74 77 80 80
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..15 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.22 19 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 15 12 12 14 15 14 12 9 8 7 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
ADI.............32 14 11 11 12 13 12 10 8 7 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.24 13 6 7 9 11 10 8 6 5 4 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 8
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3334 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (40710 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 49 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35 27 27 31 26 21 23 25 27 26 26 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 52 53 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 62 61
RH..............80 83 83 74 69 64 57 53 48 46 44 46
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 8 11 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 9 12 16 18 18 18 16 14 12 8
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............4 7 9 16 30 43 48 49 46 41 30 21
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 3 4 12 22 34 39 40 39 31 23 16
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...THOMAS
REQUESTED BY...TOD ADAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/20/26
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