


Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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921 FNUS71 KAKQ 021146 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for DOF ER Training...Virginia Department of Forestry National Weather Service Wakefield VA 746 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on October 02. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... High pressure builds into the region from the north today into Friday bringing dry conditions. A light NE wind this morning is expected to become E during the afternoon. Sunny this morning with scattered clouds this afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 71. Min humidity........55 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 12 mph shifting to the east 13 to 15 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1609 mph-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (67390 mph-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............5. ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 79 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........17 21 24 34 46 51 56 54 49 44 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............53 57 64 66 68 69 69 70 69 68 RH..............96 86 70 65 61 59 59 55 57 59 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..2 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.3 5 6 11 11 11 8 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.7 3.0 4.3 4.5 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.1 3.6 Transp wind dir.N NE NE E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.3 7 12 15 15 14 13 13 13 13 LVORI...........8 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............4 16 43 76 79 75 37 35 60 56 Vrate mph-ft/1K.1 12 34 63 67 64 60 54 50 46 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 49. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 6 to 14 mph shifting to the northeast 2 to 3 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Good (33925 mph-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1035 mph-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............6. ADI.................43 early in the evening decreasing to 1 late in the night. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........41 33 29 26 22 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............66 62 58 56 55 54 54 53 53 52 51 51 RH..............63 72 83 86 90 93 93 96 100 100 100 100 20 FT wind dir..E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N 20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 20 FT wind gust.5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E NE NE NE N N Transp wind spd.14 14 14 13 12 10 8 6 3 2 2 2 LVORI...........1 3 4 5 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 ADI.............43 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 Vrate mph-ft/1K.33 20 6 6 5 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...ZIMMERMAN Requested by...Jesse Bander Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2522822.1/AKQ .DELDT 10/02/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jesse.bander@dof.virginia.gov