Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA

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Spot Forecast for Fort Eustis 14B...USFWS
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
747 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on April 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
A warm front that pushed through the area overnight keeps dewpoints
up today, with min RH values between 55 and 60 percent in the
afternoon. Skies will become partly to mostly cloudy this afternoon.
SSW winds will increase throughout the day with peak wind gusts
in the afternoon around 25 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph increasing to southwest 22
                    to 29 mph in the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 93  89  83  77  71  69  66  64
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............68  69  71  72  75  77  79  80  82  81
RH..............87  84  79  76  69  64  60  58  55  56
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  11  12  13  15  15  16  15  15  13
20 FT wind gust.15  18  20  21  22  23  23  23  22  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.10  16  22  28  29  29  28  28  28  26

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 22 mph.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........63  61  60  60  61  61  56  50  44  52  59  67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............80  79  76  75  74  73  72  71  71  70  70  69
RH..............58  58  64  66  69  68  71  73  73  76  76  76
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..12  10  9   9   10  10  10  11  11  11  11  10
20 FT wind gust.19  16  14  14  15  15  16  16  16  16  16  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.22  16  13  13  14  15  15  15  15  16  18  21

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 21 mph decreasing to around 10
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........68  68  69  71  74  76  75  74  73  68  63  58
Weather cov.....                                            SCH
Weather type....                                            RW
Tstm cov........                                            SCH
Temp............69  69  68  71  74  77  78  79  79  79  79  79
RH..............76  78  81  73  69  62  60  58  58  58  58  58
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..10  10  9   10  11  11  11  10  9   8   6   5
20 FT wind gust.15  15  14  15  16  16  16  14  14  12  9   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.21  21  20  21  21  21  20  16  14  13  12  10

$$
Forecaster...CHILCOTE
Requested by...Michael Gawronski
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508480.3/AKQ
.DELDT 04/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael_gawronski@fws.gov