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FNUS71 KAKQ 211030
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SPOT FORECAST FOR WANGO FIRE...MARYLAND DNR FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
630 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
SUNNY AND DRY TODAY WITH A LIGHT SOUTH WIND DEVELOPING WITH
AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY NUDGES OFFSHORE. MINIMUM RH
VALUES FALL TO 20 TO 25%. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFFSHORE TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT THEN
WEST WEDNESDAY. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE
LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE
THURSDAY WITH A LIGHT WIND.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4255 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (27944 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................8 TO 36.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 6
WEATHER COV.....PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............34 40 43 47 50 53 54 57 57 57 58
RH..............66 57 47 37 30 27 27 24 25 28 28
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW NW W SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.7 2.9 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE N N NW NW NW W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7
LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 10 22 31 36 33 32 33 32 33 31
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 5 16 23 27 26 25 26 25 25 25
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (17710 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3104 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 22.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........5 7 6 10 23 29 48 57 59 62 74 74
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0
TEMP............56 53 50 47 47 47 47 47 47 46 49 50
RH..............31 36 42 51 56 60 63 68 71 76 71 71
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 12 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 8 9 10 13 15 16 15 13 13
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 3
ADI.............22 5 5 5 4 5 11 13 15 13 11 11
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.17 10 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 6 5
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 13
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9545 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (44390 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................14 TO 49.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........72 69 71 73 72 70 70 69 69 67 66 64
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
TEMP............50 52 55 58 61 64 67 68 69 69 68 67
RH..............74 71 66 62 58 52 49 47 47 47 51 52
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 11 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 18 19 20 19 18 16 15 14 13 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 21 24 23 20 17 16 16 16 15 13 10
LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............14 16 21 39 36 46 47 48 49 43 36 29
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.9 14 20 30 36 39 40 42 44 38 31 24
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...ZIMMERMAN
REQUESTED BY...SHANNON WOLFE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/21/26
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