Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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Spot Forecast for 4KM Land & Timber...SEVA PBA
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
733 AM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on September 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.
.DISCUSSION...
High pressure remains centered near the coast today. This will
result in a light southerly wind less than 10 mph. Sunny and dry
with minimum RH values dropping to 40-45%. A weakening cold front
drops through the area tonight bringing increasing clouds. A light
northerly wind develops Friday behind the cold front with a
minimal chance of showers (around 30% chance) and a slight chance
of thunderstorms (less than 20% chance) in the afternoon.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph early
in the afternoon, then becoming light late in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7359 mph-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (26104 mph-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................10 to 32.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5 7 9 7 6 5 5 5 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............70 76 81 83 86 87 89 89 89
RH..............78 66 58 53 48 45 42 42 44
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4
20 FT wind gust.5 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.2 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
LVORI...........4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
ADI.............10 14 18 23 27 32 31 31 31
Vrate mph-ft/1K.7 11 14 17 21 26 25 25 25
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...ZIMMERMAN
Requested by...Kyle Mallas
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 09/17/26
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.EMAIL khmallas@charter.net