Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
128 FNUS71 KAKQ 180917 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for Ashley Rx...VDOF National Weather Service Wakefield VA 517 AM EDT Fri Oct 18 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on October 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... High pressure remains over the area over the next several days with clear skies and dry weather continuing. After a cold start with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s at sunrise, temperatures rise quickly into the mid 50s by 10 AM and upper 60s to around 70 this afternoon. RH values drop quickly as well from around 100% at sunrise to around 30% this afternoon. Northerly winds increase to 5-10 mph later this morning into this afternoon before becoming calm overnight. Dry weather continues Saturday with min RH values of 35-40% and highs around 70. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 6 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (35600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............5. ADI.................6 early in the morning increasing to 50 in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............40 47 54 58 62 64 66 67 68 65 RH..............100 79 61 55 46 41 36 34 32 35 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT wind gust.5 6 8 11 11 11 11 11 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 Transp wind dir.NW N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.6 7 9 12 13 13 13 14 14 13 LVORI...........8 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............6 10 19 30 38 45 50 50 49 44 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 6 13 21 26 31 36 35 34 31 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 41. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 3 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17600 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (700 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............5. ADI.................2 to 26. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............62 57 52 50 49 47 46 45 44 44 43 43 RH..............41 51 63 71 74 83 86 86 89 89 93 93 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT wind gust.6 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.10 7 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 ADI.............26 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..18 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 70. Min humidity........39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph late in the morning, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 3 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast 8 to 13 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (29600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............5. ADI.................2 to 42. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............43 45 58 66 69 70 RH..............96 96 67 50 42 39 20 ft wind......N 2 N 3 N 4 N 5 NE 5 NE 4 20 ft wind gust.3 5 6 8 8 6 Mix hgt (ft)....300 400 1700 2700 3600 2900 Transport wind..N 3 N 5 NE 10 NE 13 NE 9 NE 8 LVORI...........8 7 3 1 1 1 ADI.............2 5 23 42 40 31 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 2 15 29 29 21 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ Forecaster...MILLER Requested by...Ken Sterner Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2424270.1/AKQ .DELDT 10/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ken.sterner@dof.virginia.gov,lisa.deaton@dof.virginia.gov