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Spot Forecast for Wango Fire...Maryland DNR Forest Service
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
735 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on April 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
Southwesterly winds will increase to 10-15 mph later today with
gusts to around 20 mph. Afternoon RH values of 30-35% are expected
along with good mixing. Partly to mostly sunny skies will prevail.

Slightly higher RH values (40-45%), more cloud cover,
and lighter winds are expected on Friday as a shortwave crosses
the area. There is a chance for a few showers during the day, but a
wetting rain is not expected.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly sunny (20-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 17 mph increasing to 20 to 22
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4485 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (100509 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 87 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40  40  40  38  39  38  43  29  19  33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  74  78  82  84  86  87  88  90  88
RH..............65  55  48  44  40  37  35  34  33  35
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   8   9   10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.11  12  13  14  14  16  18  18  19  19
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  12  13  15  17  20  22  22
LVORI...........2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............8   13  21  32  48  67  66  77  85  87
Vrate mph-ft/1K.4   9   16  24  38  55  75  87  98  100
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph shifting to the southwest 3
                    to 8 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (60719 mph-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1265 mph-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................75 early in the evening decreasing to 2 late in
                    the night.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........30  22  27  23  26  19  19  19  15  14  26  35
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
Temp............86  85  80  78  75  74  73  72  71  70  70  68
RH..............37  40  47  48  54  53  55  55  57  59  59  63
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   8   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5   4
20 FT wind gust.16  14  14  12  12  12  11  11  11  9   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 1.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.18  14  10  9   10  10  10  9   8   7   5   3
LVORI...........1   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............75  9   7   6   7   7   4   4   4   3   2   2
Vrate mph-ft/1K.60  27  5   5   5   5   5   4   4   2   1   1
Ventrate Cat....FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 15 mph
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1380 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (88205 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 98 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  57  52  48  52  55  50  48  40  40  40  40
Weather cov.....        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............67  68  68  71  73  75  77  78  79  80  81  79
RH..............68  68  70  63  59  55  52  48  47  45  42  45
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..4   5   5   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   9   11  12  12  12  13  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.5 1.6 2.7 3.9 4.6 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.3   5   6   8   10  13  13  13  13  14  15  15
LVORI...........3   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............2   3   6   17  36  59  70  78  85  91  98  98
Vrate mph-ft/1K.1   1   2   12  29  48  60  68  75  82  87  88
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...BROWN
Requested by...Shannon Wolfe
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610506.0/AKQ
.DELDT 04/16/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL shannon.wolfe@maryland.gov