Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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Spot Forecast for FT RX - Unit E...MD Forest Service
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
728 PM EDT Thu Apr 24 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 2000 EDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.
.DISCUSSION...
High pressure remains over the area tonight and slides offshore
Friday as a warm front approaches from the southwest. Patchy
shallow ground fog is possible early Friday morning. Otherwise,
mostly sunny in the morning with increasing clouds in the
afternoon. A very light southeast wind in the morning is expected
to become 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon with minimum RH values of
45 to 50%. Any showers associated with the warm front are not
expected to arrive until overnight Friday night. Showers linger
into Saturday with thunderstorms possible in the afternoon.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1265 mph-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 to 3.
TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........30 26 21 17 17 16 16 24 33 41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 57 55 53 53 52 52 51 50 50
RH..............55 62 72 80 83 86 89 93 96 96
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5
LVORI...........3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8
ADI.............3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate mph-ft/1K.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 8 mph late in
the morning.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 mph-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (28519 mph-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 to 35.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43 44 46 47 48 49 49 49 49 51 53 55
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
Temp............51 52 56 60 64 68 70 71 73 73 72 70
RH..............96 100 90 81 73 65 61 59 55 57 59 66
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 3 4 6 6 7 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust. 5 6 9 11 12 14 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.6 7 8 9 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 12
LVORI...........8 8 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 3
ADI.............3 7 8 11 18 23 26 30 35 31 31 30
Vrate mph-ft/1K.2 2 3 8 13 18 21 24 28 27 27 25
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of
showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19780 mph-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (3679 mph-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5 to 25.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........59 64 69 70 72 73 71 70 68 70 71 73
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 50 50 50 50
Temp............68 66 64 64 64 63 63 63 63 63 62 62
RH..............70 75 81 84 84 84 84 87 87 87 93 93
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.14 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.12 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 12
LVORI...........3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
ADI.............25 11 11 10 8 5 5 5 5 8 9 10
Vrate mph-ft/1K.19 13 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 6
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of
showers early in the morning, then showers
likely early in the morning. Chance of
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph shifting to the
west around 9 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11155 mph-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (61869 mph-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................13 early in the morning increasing to 69 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........74 75 76 75 73 72 70 68 72 72 72 72
Weather cov.....CHC CHC 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 CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 60 60 60 60 60 60 70 70 70 70
Temp............63 65 66 67 69 70 71 73 74 74 74 74
RH..............93 90 90 87 78 76 73 68 66 66 66 66
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT wind spd..8 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 11 10 9
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 16 19 20 20 20 19 18 16 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.14 17 20 21 20 20 21 22 23 22 21 18
LVORI...........5 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............13 21 31 33 36 38 43 48 69 63 55 50
Vrate mph-ft/1K.11 17 24 30 35 39 46 54 61 55 47 39
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR PR
$$
Forecaster...ZIMMERMAN
Requested by...Lance S Carroll
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/24/25
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.EMAIL Lance.Carroll@maryland.gov