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Spot Forecast for Indian Springs...Maryland DNR Wildlife and Heritage Service
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
531 PM EDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 EDT on March 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
A very mild period continues with above average temperatures
expected for Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds will largely remain out
of the south in the warm advection pattern, becoming breeziest
each afternoon, particularly by Wednesday. This persistent
southerly wind will also elevate relative humidities through mid-
week. In fact, on Wednesday, minimum RH values may only drop into
the 60 to 70 percent range. However, this moistening also comes
with a risk of increasing shower activity ahead of a strong cold
front off to the west. A more significant pattern change looms
into Thursday as temperatures drop by around 20 to 30 degrees
compared with previous days. Some snow could even mix in with the
rain showers as colder air sweeps through on Thursday.

The most prononced vertical mixing should be on Tuesday with
mixing heights up to around 5,000 feet or so. While fire weather
grids do not go beyond 48 hours into the forecast period, a quick
look at some of the data shows decent mixing outside of any of the
developing showers.

While thunderstorms are not explicitly shown in the forecast,
there is some non-zero threat of convection on Wednesday into
Wednesday night ahead of the strong cold front. If the front
arrives more into the night, thunderstorm chances would be
diminished.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 8 mph in the
                    afternoon, with gusts up to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (59700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........9      11     8      6      7      16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............46     47     55     65     72     74
RH..............79     76     66     54     48     48
20 ft wind......W 1    SW 2   S 2    S 5    S 7    S 7
20 ft wind gust.5      6      8      12     15     16
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100 BLW100 200    1400   3500   5400
Transport wind..W 5    SW 5   SW 6   SW 9   SW 14  S 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0      0      1      11     42     60
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL early in the evening.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 9 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (35000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night early in the evening.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........19        19        29        54
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         10        10        10
Chc of thdr (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............72        65        61        58
RH..............51        65        72        77
20 FT wind......S 6G14    S 5G10    S 5G9     S 3G9
Mix hgt (ft)....4400      M         M         M
Transport wind..S 9       M         M         M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..35        M         M         M
Ventrate Cat....POOR      M         M         M

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain
                    early in the morning. Rain likely late in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 60 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 9 to 13 mph with
                    gusts to around 23 mph.
Mixing height.......MISSING.
Transport winds.....
Smoke dispersal.....MISSING.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........78           81           84
Weather cov.....             CHANCE       LIKELY
Weather type....NONE         RAIN         RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10           50           60
Chc of thdr (%).0            10           10
Temp............55           61           70
RH..............86           81           73
20 FT wind......S 3G9        S 6G15       S 9G22
Mix hgt (ft)....M            M            M
Transport wind..M            M            M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..M            M            M
Ventrate Cat....M            M            M

$$
Forecaster...Rubin-Oster
Requested by...Lucas Howell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/08/26
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.EMAIL lucas.a.howell@gmail.com