202
FNUS71 KLWX 261608
FWSLWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR SLATE LICK FIELDS RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1108 AM EST THU FEB 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EST ON FEBRUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
OVERALL GRADIENTS REMAIN PRETTY WEAK WHICH WILL MAINTAIN VARIABLE
WINDS WITH MAXIMUM SPEEDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS IS NOTED IN THE
LATEST OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FORT VALLEY RAWS STATION. WITH
TEMPERATURES INCREASING INTO THE UPPER 40S, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY
HAS DROPPED INTO THE 40 TO 45 PERCENT RANGE.
A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA WILL SLOWLY PULL AWAY TOWARD
THE SOUTHEAST LATER IN THE DAY. UNTIL THIS OCCURS, SOME LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THIS LOCATION. RAINFALL TOTALS
SHOULD BE MINIMAL, GENERALLY AVERAGING AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH
OR LESS. THIS SHOULD SOMEWHAT OFFSET THE POTENTIAL FOR WETTING
RAINS. ANY THREAT FOR RAIN SUBSIDES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
FRONTAL ZONE SHIFTS TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. HEADING INTO
TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK WHICH WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY PATCHY FOG AND GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR FRIDAY WHICH AGAIN MAINTAINS
RELATIVELY WEAK GRADIENTS. CONSEQUENTLY WINDS WILL BE LIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOW 50S.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY LATE
IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT INCREASING TO 90 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 80 PERCENT
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 40 PERCENT
DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3800 KNOT-FT).
TIME (EST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........82 93 98 87 87 82 71
WEATHER COV.....LKY DEF DEF DEF CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............70 90 100 80 40 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 45 46 46 47 47 46
RH..............60 65 67 68 64 64 67
20 FT WIND DIR..NE N N N N N NE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 2 1
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 9 8 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 7 7 7 8 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 6 6 7 8 11 7
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT).
TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........52 48 43 29 28 32
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE FOG NONE FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 40 39 35 34 32
RH..............73 82 75 80 87 94
20 FT WIND......NE 1 NW 2 NW 2 W 1 SW 2 SW 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 5 5 5
MIX HGT (FT)....600 400 400 400 400 400
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 5 NW 5 NW 5 W 6 W 6 W 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 2 2 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (50500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........30 31 17 14
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............32 38 48 53
RH..............87 82 61 52
20 FT WIND......SW 2G5 S 3G7 S 6G12 S 6G15
MIX HGT (FT)....400 1100 3000 4000
TRANSPORT WIND..W 6 SW 3 SW 9 S 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 4 24 50
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR
FORECASTER...RUBIN-OSTER
REQUESTED BY...AARON STROBEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/26/26
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