895
FNUS71 KLWX 232131
FWSLWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR DODON RX BURN...MD DNR FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
531 PM EDT MON MAR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
EXPECT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. SKIES WILL TREND
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 60S. MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE
WITHIN A WELL MIXED ENVIRONMENT.
COOLER (NEAR NORMAL) TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING OFFSHORE WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE SUNNY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY ON TUESDAY. AFTER A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS, RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
FALL TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON, WITH OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES
AROUND 70 PERCENT TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE CHANCE
FOR WETTING RAINS IS VERY LOW - LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. WIND GUSTS
COULD APPROACH 20 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE WITH A COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS, THERE MAY BE ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY
WINDS.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 3 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (43800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 13 10 7 8 6 5 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............39 42 44 46 47 48 48 49
RH..............50 43 39 37 35 33 34 33
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE E SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 5 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 9 8 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 8 7 5 3 3 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..44 40 29 26 17 12 11 14
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........8 17 12 27 44 61 62 63 64 63 62 61
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 46 44 41 40 40 39 39 38 38 37 37
RH..............35 40 45 50 52 55 57 59 62 64 67 70
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...STUCK
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON WILLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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