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FNUS71 KLWX 091130
FWSLWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR REDLANDS FARM...VDOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
730 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MARCH 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A VERY DRY AIR MASS MOVED IN OVERNIGHT, LEADING TO SOME LOCALIZED
VERY LOW RH VALUES THIS MORNING, MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. THESE
AREAS DID AT LEAST BRIEFLY RECOVER TO AROUND 50 PERCENT BEFORE THE
AIR MASS DRIED OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT STILL POOR RECOVERIES
OVERALL.
WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY, WITH MOSTLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA.
MONDAY LOOKS TO BE THE DRIEST DAY WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 20-30
PERCENT WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE, AND 30-40 PERCENT TO THE EAST.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A NIGHT OF POOR RH RECOVERY ABOVE 3000
FEET, WHERE RH MAY NOT RECOVER OUT OF THE 30S.
MINIMUM RH VALUES ON TUESDAY ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 35-45 PERCENT.
SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT MONDAY AND TUESDAY
DUE TO INCREASING TRANSPORT WINDS.
A COLD FRONT IMPACTS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BRINGING A
POTENTIAL OF GUSTY WINDS, WETTING RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS, AND COLDER
TEMPERATURES TO FINISH OUT THE WEEK.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (88600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........18 23 12 9 5 7 8 10 10 10 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............49 50 52 59 66 71 74 77 78 79 78
RH..............71 71 71 62 56 51 48 45 45 45 47
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 7 8 9 12 13 15 16 16 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W SW SW SW S S S SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 2.5 4.1 5.4 6.4 6.8 6.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 3 5 7 8 9 12 14 15 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 3 7 18 33 54 77 89 83
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (50500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 4 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 10 8 9 11 12 26 39 53 54 55 56
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 74 72 70 68 66 65 64 63 62 61 61
RH..............48 51 55 59 65 70 73 75 78 81 84 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..51 20 2 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 24 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO 8 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 14 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........63 70 77 78 80 81 78 74 71 68 66 63
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............59 59 59 62 65 69 72 75 77 78 79 80
RH..............90 90 90 87 84 78 73 66 62 60 56 52
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 12 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 12 14 16 18 21 22 23 24 24
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 13 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 9 13 15 15 15 15 17 20 21
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 4 7 13 20 29 36 49 60 63
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD
FORECASTER...WITT
REQUESTED BY...TYLER HILL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2605128.0/LWX
.DELDT 03/10/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL TYLER.HILL@DOF.VIRGINIA.GOV
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