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SPOT FORECAST FOR WANGO FIRE...MARYLAND DNR FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
632 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 EDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING AS A BACKDOOR
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. STRATUS CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG
WILL POTENTIALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING, AND ANY
STRATUS AND FOG SHOULD SCATTER OR DISSIPATE AFTER 10 AM. THE
WIND WILL BECOME EAST AROUND 10 MPH LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON. MIXING WILL BE LIMITED TODAY AND MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL
BE HIGHER DUE TO AN ONSHORE WIND. A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION SUNDAY BRINGING SOME SHOWERS. HOWEVER, RAINFALL WILL
PRIMARILY BE LESS THAN 0.1". DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY MONDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5865 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (22655 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................9 TO 29.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50 55 54 53 51 43 35 27 30 33 36
WEATHER COV..... PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 55 58 61 64 65 66 68 67 66 65
RH..............90 93 83 78 70 68 68 63 65 65 68
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 9 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 10 10 12 12 13 14 15 15
LVORI...........5 6 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
ADI.............9 9 12 16 20 23 26 29 28 27 25
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 6 9 12 15 17 19 22 21 20 19
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 16
TO 17 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (17135 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (7474 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................10 TO 23.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........45 55 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 65 65
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20
TEMP............63 61 58 59 59 59 60 62 63 63 64 64
RH..............72 78 83 87 90 90 87 84 81 84 81 81
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.13 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 15 15 15 16 16 17 16 16 16
LVORI...........3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............23 14 11 10 13 13 14 15 15 15 14 14
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.17 14 12 10 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN
SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 29
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 24
TO 33 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING
TO 20 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (16560 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (90275 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................16 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 75 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........70 76 81 77 82 87 87 87 87 83 78 74
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
TEMP............64 64 64 63 61 60 58 55 53 53 53 52
RH..............75 81 75 70 67 62 62 64 64 61 59 59
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 11 13 15 16 18 17 16 15 13 12 11
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 22 25 27 29 29 28 28 26 23 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 22 24 29 31 33 32 30 28 25 23 20
LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............16 35 42 54 66 75 75 71 65 60 55 65
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.16 26 40 56 74 90 90 85 79 75 69 62
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD FR
FORECASTER...ZIMMERMAN
REQUESTED BY...SHANNON WOLFE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/18/26
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