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Spot Forecast for Chippoax GC Precribed Burn...Department of Forestry
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
842 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry and warm weather will prevail at the burn site today with
high pressure sliding off the coast. High temperatures will top
off in the upper 80s with minimum RH values of around 36%. Light
wind this morning will turn southwest at around 5 mph this
afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 2 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (43200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 59 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24  13  3   3   2   2   3   4   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  75  79  83  85  87  88  88  88
RH..............76  66  58  47  43  38  36  35  36
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   3   4   4   4   5   5   4   4
20 FT wind gust.3   5   6   6   6   7   7   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.1 2.9 4.2 5.5 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.2
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.2   2   2   3   5   6   7   7   7
LVORI...........4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   5   9   17  31  46  54  58  59
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   4   6   12  22  34  39  42  43
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR

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Forecaster...DUTTER
Requested by...Cody Noblitt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/02/24
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.EMAIL cody.noblitt@dof.virginia.gov