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FNUS71 KAKQ 201457
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR DOOLITTLE PRESCRIBED BURN...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1057 AM EDT MON APR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0000 EDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
RH RECOVERY WILL ONLY BE TO AROUND 60 PERCENT TONIGHT WITH WINDS
BECOMING LIGHT. SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. RH VALUES DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH GOOD MIXING. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AND DRY, WITH
A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 10-15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM RH
VALUES DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A
SLIGHT (~20%) CHANCE OF A SHOWER ON WEDNESDAY (MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING).
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3334 MPH-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 6.
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 3 4 4 3 5
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 41 39 38 37 35
RH..............46 46 48 50 52 56
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 10 9 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 3
ADI.............6 5 5 5 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.6 5 5 4 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO
8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5290 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (40825 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 51 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............34 36 38 44 49 55 59 61 63 65 67 65
RH..............61 56 54 43 36 29 25 23 22 21 20 22
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N W W W SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE N N N NW NW W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 5 6 7 8
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 9 13 26 35 40 37 35 35 40 46 51
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 7 10 19 27 31 29 27 28 32 37 40
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (27944 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2989 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 TO 36.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 3 4 10 16 22 29 35 42 38 35 31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 63 59 56 54 53 52 51 50 50 49 48
RH..............24 27 34 43 45 44 46 46 48 50 54 58
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 11 11 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 10 12 13 14 15 15 16 16
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
ADI.............36 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 10 7 7 7
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.27 14 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 21
TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13684 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (97864 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (147085
MPH-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................13 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 117 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 28 26 22 17 13 20 26 33 34 35 36
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20
TEMP............47 48 52 58 64 70 74 77 79 80 82 81
RH..............63 65 56 49 43 38 34 31 29 28 26 27
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 13 14 16 18 19 19 19 19 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4 4.4 6.5 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 21 23 23 22 22 22 23 23 23 22 21
LVORI...........2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............13 28 38 48 57 60 86 104 117 114 109 102
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.13 21 28 37 44 51 97 147 196 185 171 155
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD EXL EXL VGD VGD
FORECASTER...IYER
REQUESTED BY...FAITH STEWART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610891.0/AKQ
.DELDT 04/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL FAITH.STEWART@DOF.VIRGINIA.GOV
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