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Spot Forecast for Sanford...VADOF
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
742 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 2000 EDT on April 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Rain, possibly heavy at times, will continue this morning.
Although Tuesday is expected to be dry and windy, this recent rain
should quell the threat for rapid fire spread for at least the
next few days. A rumble of thunder can`t be ruled out around
midday today (Monday).

Tuesday night through Wednesday night will have well below normal
temperatures, with a widespread hard freeze expected late Tuesday
night into early Wednesday morning.

Otherwise, multiple waves of low pressure will ride along a front
stalled across southeastern Virginia through tonight. Widespread
rain showers will gradually retreat to the southeast through this
evening. Rainfall amounts will range from 1.00 to 1.50 inches.

A second reinforcing cold front will pass through the area late
tonight, leading to chilly and windy conditions along with low
relative humidity Tuesday. High pressure will settle across the area
by Wednesday. Below normal temperatures will continue as the next
low pressure system approaches from the west Thursday into Friday.
Additional rain is likely during this time.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 26.
Max humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (100 knot-ft).

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........6   5   4   3   3   4   4   4   5   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  39  37  35  33  32  31  30  29  29
RH..............34  39  40  43  47  51  53  55  58  58
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   3   2   2   2   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.13  10  9   8   7   6   5   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.12  9   9   8   7   7   6   5   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   0   1   3   3   3   2   2   1   1
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 3 mph increasing to southwest 13 to
                    15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (81300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   4   3   3   2   2   3   6   7   9   12  13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............29  29  31  35  40  45  48  51  53  55  56  56
RH..............60  60  58  49  42  35  33  30  29  29  27  29
20 FT wind dir..W   W   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   2   2   3   5   5   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.2   2   3   3   5   7   8   8   10  12  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.1 2.3 3.7 5.0 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.7
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   5   7   9   12  13  14  15  15  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   2   3   9   23  40  56  64  71  81  81  69
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming south around 5
                    mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL early in the evening.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 13 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (49000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3900 knot-ft) late in the
                    night early in the evening.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........18  27  31  34  40  43  51  66  73  76  81  83
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............54  52  49  47  45  43  42  42  42  42  41  40
RH..............32  36  42  45  51  55  57  60  60  62  65  70
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   5
20 FT wind gust.12  9   8   7   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 2.6 0.5 M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Transp wind spd.13  12  9   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..49  26  4   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  PR  M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

$$
Forecaster...Hofmann
Requested by...KI
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508861.0/LWX
.DELDT 04/07/25
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.EMAIL kinner.ingram@dof.virginia.gov