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FNUS71 KAKQ 271142
FWSAKQ
SPOT FORECAST FOR BECKY TAYLOR BRANCH...WFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
742 AM EDT TUE OCT 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON OCTOBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. THE MORNING INVERSION
BREAKS BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON, WITH LIGHT WINDS EARLY THIS
MORNING, BECOMING NE 5-10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON, WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 15 MPH. MINIMUM RH VALUES RETURN TO NEAR 50% THIS
AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3564 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (27024 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5 TO 33.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 6 6 6 8 10 12 13 14 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 52 57 62 64 66 68 67 67 65
RH..............91 87 74 64 60 55 52 52 54 56
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E
20 FT WIND SPD..4 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.6 9 13 12 11 11 11 11 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 13 12 9 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
ADI.............13 14 23 30 33 33 33 30 29 30
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 10 17 23 25 26 27 24 23 23
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (18170 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2645 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4 TO 23.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........12 8 4 6 8 10 10 10 9 13 16 20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............61 58 54 52 51 49 49 48 47 47 46 46
RH..............65 72 83 89 93 96 96 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........2 3 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
ADI.............23 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.18 11 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
AROUND 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2530 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (30014 MPH-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 TO 36.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........22 24 25 24 29 43 50 59 68 66 60 63
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............46 46 48 52 56 60 64 67 68 69 70 68
RH..............100 100 93 83 74 67 58 52 51 51 49 54
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 6 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........9 8 6 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2
ADI.............4 8 8 12 22 32 35 36 21 20 19 18
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 2 9 17 25 28 29 30 26 24 21
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO
REQUESTED BY...JAMES HELSTOWSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624645.0/AKQ
.DELDT 10/27/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JAMES_HELSTOWSKI@FWS.GOV
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