295  
FNUS71 KAKQ 091417  
FWSAKQ  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR NASSAWANGO JOHNSON 2026...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
1017 AM EDT WED SEP 9 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT 757-899-5734.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES OFFSHORE TODAY, AS DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST.  
SOUTHWESTERLY 5-10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON COULD GUST AROUND 15-20  
MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RH VALUES FALL TO 45-50% DURING PEAK MIXING.  
INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE TRANSPORT WINDS THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON  
SHOULD EFFICIENTLY DISPERSE SMOKE.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (43815 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (83145 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................53 TO 74.  
 
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........25 24 16 11 13 15 10  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............79 82 83 84 84 83 83  
RH..............62 56 52 49 48 49 49  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 9 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 18 20 19 19 19  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 3.9 4.5 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 15 16 17 20 20  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............53 66 58 65 70 74 73  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.43 55 66 78 81 83 78  
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR FR GD GD GD GD  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.  
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (48299 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (4600 MPH-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................53 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 7 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........12 11 9 12 14 17 17 16 16 16 15 15  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............81 78 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 73  
RH..............54 60 66 71 74 76 76 76 76 76 76 79  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 18 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 10 10 10 10 12 12 13 14 15 15  
LVORI...........1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
ADI.............53 9 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.48 22 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6  
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.  
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12994 MPH-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (64744 MPH-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................11 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 78 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........14 12 11 12 18 14 9 6 7 9 18 23  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10  
TEMP............73 72 73 76 79 81 83 85 86 87 88 87  
RH..............76 79 81 74 69 65 63 59 57 55 54 55  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 12 12 11 11  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 18 20 20 18 18 17 17 17 17 16 15  
LVORI...........4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............11 25 36 42 45 48 54 59 78 78 76 69  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.12 20 27 32 36 40 48 56 64 64 63 57  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR  
 

 
FORECASTER...MONTEFUSCO  
REQUESTED BY...GABRIEL CAHALAN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2621472.1/AKQ  
.DELDT 09/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL GCAHALAN@TNC.ORG  
 
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