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Spot Forecast for South Quay Sandhilld...DCR-Natural Heritage
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1020 AM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EDT on March 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly sunny and continued dry this afternoon. Light winds become
S 5-7 mph late this morning through this afternoon. Min RH drops
to around 25-28% this afternoon. Dry conditions are expected
through much of the week, with the next wetting rain not
anticipated until Sunday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 3 mph shifting to the south 5
                    to 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (22000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 to 32.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   0   1   0   0   1   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  65  69  73  76  77  77
RH..............50  43  37  34  30  27  29
20 FT wind dir..N   NW  SW  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   4   5   6
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   6   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.2 3.7 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   5   6   7   7
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   2   1   1
ADI.............6   7   10  16  24  32  31
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   4   6   10  16  22  21
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (20-30 percent) late.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 2 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 to 5.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........14  25  27  52  45  52  26  17  13  20  27  34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............75  70  63  57  54  53  52  51  48  50  49  48
RH..............31  38  48  60  67  69  73  76  81  77  78  81
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  E   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   7   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.5   5   7   7   6   6   5   3   3   3   2   2
LVORI...........1   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   5
ADI.............5   2   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   1   1
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   1   2   3   3   2   2   2   1   1   1   1
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
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.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 2 mph shifting to the northeast 2
                    to 10 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (16800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 to 24.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40  47  54  53  52  50  55  60  64  67  70  73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  46  46  51  55  60  64  67  71  71  71  71
RH..............83  84  85  73  66  58  52  49  44  44  42  42
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   5   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   8   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9
Transp wind dir.E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.2   2   2   3   3   5   6   6   7   8   9   10
LVORI...........6   5   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............1   2   2   3   5   8   12  16  20  22  24  24
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   1   1   2   3   5   8   11  15  16  17  17
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...MONTEFUSCO
Requested by...Darren Loomis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2506171.0/AKQ
.DELDT 03/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Darren.loomis@dcr.virginia.gov