Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

Current Version | Previous Version | Text Only | Print | Product List | Glossary Off
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
000 FLUS41 KLWX 181836 HWOLWX Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 236 PM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ053>057-527-191845- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- Chester River to Queenstown MD-Eastern Bay- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island-District of Columbia-Cecil-Southern Baltimore- Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert- Central and Southeast Montgomery-Central and Southeast Howard- Southeast Harford-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria- Stafford-Spotsylvania-King George- Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park- 236 PM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and I-95 corridor through central Maryland, northern Virginia, and District of Columbia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday The threat for wildfire spread increases each day through Thursday as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. The worst conditions are likely Wednesday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Wednesday late morning to Wednesday evening for the Washington DC Metro south to the Fredericksburg area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ MDZ003>006-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501-502-505>508- 526-WVZ050>053-055-191845- Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Northwest Montgomery-Northwest Howard-Northwest Harford-Augusta- Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-Nelson- Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper- Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun- Eastern Loudoun-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge- Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Northwest Prince William-Hampshire- Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy- 236 PM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A combination of low relative humidity, gusty winds, and dry fuels will produce elevated fire weather conditions today across the Central Shenandoah Valley, Central and Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, and portions of the Central Virginia Piedmont. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday The threat for wildfire spread increases each day through Thursday as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. The worst conditions are likely Wednesday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Wednesday late morning to Wednesday evening for all of Northern, Central, and Northwest Virginia, and the eastern West Virginia Panhandle. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ MDZ001-501-502-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-191845- Garrett-Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Western Highland-Eastern Highland-Western Grant-Eastern Grant- Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton- Eastern Pendleton- 236 PM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday The threat for wildfire spread increases each day through Thursday as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. The worst conditions are likely Wednesday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Wednesday late morning to Wednesday evening for Mineral, Grant, Pendleton, and Highland Counties. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$

USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services.