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FNUS71 KAKQ 251100
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR CSGL MAPLETON...NCWRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
600 AM EST WED FEB 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EST ON FEBRUARY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY CLOUDY, MILD, AND BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. A SOUTHWEST WIND
AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH IS EXPECTED TO GUST TO 20 TO AS HIGH AS 30 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING. MORNING SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS GIVES WAY TO DRY
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. MIN RH VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 35-40%.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7129 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (67965 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 57 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........90 90 88 85 83 82 81 80 74 68 63 57
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............38 38 41 44 48 51 53 54 57 57 57 57
RH..............59 62 57 53 47 44 41 41 37 38 38 42
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 12 12 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.13 15 20 21 22 22 23 23 23 22 21 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 1.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 16 20 22 24 25 25 25 24 22 18
LVORI...........2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............9 10 21 32 43 50 54 57 56 53 48 34
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.7 8 17 30 45 54 61 67 66 62 55 34
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16905 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4370 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 TO 12.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........51 45 50 72 75 90 90 90 93 93 93 95
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 30 30 40 50
TEMP............54 52 51 51 51 50 51 51 50 50 49 49
RH..............48 54 59 61 66 71 68 74 77 83 86 89
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.15 12 12 12 11 11 9 8 8 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 10 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 8
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6
ADI.............12 9 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 5 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.16 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...BARNHARDT
REQUESTED BY...JENNIFER PRINCE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603914.0/AKQ
.DELDT 02/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JENNIFER.PRINCE@NCWILDLIFE.GOV
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