


Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
370 FNUS71 KLWX 221225 FWSLWX Spot Forecast for Eagle Rock Fire...USDA Forest Service National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 825 AM EDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 EDT on April 22. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... In the wake of a weak cold front, westerly winds may be gusty for a time this morning. A few gusts of 20-30 mph can`t be ruled out through 11 AM this morning, before gusts settle into the 10-15 mph range. Dry conditions are expected through the day with humidity values dropping into the 30s. Relatively low humidity with modest nighttime recoveries are expected through Thursday. The next chance of rain will arrive Friday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 73. Min humidity........34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph. Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest around 10 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good (39600 knot-ft). Eye level winds.....West winds up to 4 mph. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........48 44 41 51 61 62 63 68 65 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............63 64 66 66 68 71 72 72 72 RH..............62 56 48 47 44 36 35 34 34 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W NW NW 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W NW NW Eye lvl wnd spd.3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.4 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W NW Transp wind spd.20 20 18 16 15 14 12 12 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..47 52 51 46 50 53 47 47 40 Ventrate Cat....FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 48. Max humidity........68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 9 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Good (30600 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2400 knot-ft) late in the night. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 3 mph early in the evening becoming light. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........70 74 67 68 47 48 55 54 39 43 42 47 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............70 68 66 60 58 55 55 54 53 51 49 49 RH..............36 39 42 53 55 61 61 64 64 68 68 68 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW SW SW SW S SW S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT wind gust.10 10 9 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW NW SW SW SW S SW S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Eye lvl wnd gst.6 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Mix hgt (kft)...3.8 2.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N Transp wind spd.9 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..31 17 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 76. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph shifting to the southeast late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (24800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east around 3 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........44 45 45 36 34 31 28 21 17 15 12 10 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............49 49 52 56 63 67 69 71 74 75 76 75 RH..............68 68 63 57 46 40 37 35 32 32 31 33 20 FT wind dir..S SE SE S SE E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 Eye lvl wnd dir.S SE SE S SE E E E E E E E Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 Eye lvl wnd gst.2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 1.8 2.7 3.5 4.3 4.9 6.0 6.2 6.2 5.7 Transp wind dir.NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.5 5 3 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 9 11 14 17 20 24 25 25 23 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...Snyder Requested by...Amy Farley Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2511285.0/LWX .DELDT 04/22/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL amy.farley@usda.gov