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Spot Forecast for Bowie Land Rx...Maryland DNR Forest Service
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
517 AM EDT Wed Oct 9 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on October 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure will remain northwest of the area today, resulting
in dry and sunny conditions. RH is forecast to fall to the
30 to 35 percent range this afternoon. Light southwesterly winds
will have a gradual shift to the northwest this afternoon while
increasing. Some gusts up to 20 mph will be possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 8 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest 14
                    to 18 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (0 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (87600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........3      2      2      1      1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0
Temp............54     65     69     71     69
RH..............83     52     39     35     39
20 ft wind......SW 5   W 6    NW 9   NW 10  NW 9
20 ft wind gust.7      13     17     18     17
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100 700    4300   6500   5600
Transport wind..SW 3   W 7    W 14   NW 18  NW 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0      4      52     104    79
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   VYGD   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 13 mph decreasing to 2 to 7 mph
                    early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (43100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (0 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........0      1      4      2      3      1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............68     59     56     54     51     48
RH..............40     55     62     61     66     71
20 ft wind......NW 8   NW 6   NW 6   N 6    NW 6   NW 6
20 ft wind gust.14     9      10     13     14     12
Mix hgt (ft)....3900   100    BLW100 100    200    200
Transport wind..NW 13  NW 3   N 3    N 6    N 7    N 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..43     0      0      1      1      1
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (0 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (49200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........0         0         2         5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............47        50        59        63
RH..............74        68        47        41
20 FT wind......N 6G9     N 7G12    N 9G15    N 9G15
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100    1300      4400      4500
Transport wind..N 5       N 8       N 13      N 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0         9         48        45
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      FAIR      FAIR

$$
Forecaster...Snyder
Requested by...Shannon Wolfe
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2423898.0/LWX
.DELDT 10/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL shannon.wolfe@maryland.gov