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FNUS71 KLWX 201230
FWSLWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR OAKLEY FOREST MILKCAN RX...VA DWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
830 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.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
MILDER TODAY WITH A CLIPPER SYSTEM BRINGING SOME RAIN SHOWERS TO THE
AREA LATE IN THE DAY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS INCREASE TODAY WITH
MOUNTAIN GUSTS TO AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH.
CONTINUED ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER
CHANCE FOR RAIN LATE IN THE WEEKEND WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.
COOLER WEATHER RETURNS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 30
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (74600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (109700
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........9 23 20 31 36 49 63 83 88
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 51 58 63 66 69 70 70 70
RH..............73 61 51 43 37 33 31 31 32
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 8 9 12 14 14 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.10 13 17 21 23 25 25 26 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.1 1.4 2.4 3.7 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 17 20 23 28 30 29 30
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 14 21 42 75 117 136 124 110
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR 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, THEN RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT THIS EVENING
INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT OVERNIGHT DECREASING TO
20 PERCENT TOWARD DAYBREAK.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (36500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........94 91 74 73 42 25
WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE S CHC LIKELY S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 40 20 60 20 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 10 10 10 10 0
TEMP............69 63 59 58 56 52
RH..............35 46 60 64 72 86
20 FT WIND......SW 13 SW 9 SW 6 W 6 SW 5 W 3
20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 18 17 14 12
MIX HGT (FT)....2000 1000 600 700 600 500
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 21 SW 21 SW 17 SW 16 SW 14 W 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..37 19 10 10 7 5
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (44500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
SKY (%).........23 19 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0
TEMP............50 56 67
RH..............89 77 45
20 FT WIND......NW 2G12 N 3G12 N 5G12
MIX HGT (FT)....400 2200 3800
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 10 N 16 N 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 31 35
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR
FORECASTER...WITT
REQUESTED BY...CASEY SOUSA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/20/26
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