Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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Spot Forecast for Old Taneytown Rd...Maryland Forest Service
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
809 PM EST Wed Nov 12 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 EST on November 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures will moderate the next couple of days as winds become
more west to southwesterly. A dry progressive frontal system moves
through tonight which leads to additional breezy winds
through Thursday. Southwest winds blow 5 to 10mph overnight with
low temperatures dropping into the mid 30s. Shortly after sunrise on
Thursday, winds shift to northwesterly and increase with gusts up to
20mph expected. Minimum relative humidity values drop into the low
40s on Thursday with dry conditions expected. High temperatures rise
into the low 50s.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft).
Eye level winds.....West winds around 4 mph.
TIME (EST) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........94 89 81 52 44 20 20 22 21 20
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............48 47 46 44 43 42 41 40 39 37
RH..............56 58 60 65 67 67 70 70 70 75
20 FT wind dir..W SW SW W W W W W W SW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.13 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.W SW SW W W W W W W SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.14 13 15 14 13 13 12 13 12 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
10 to 14 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 13 mph increasing to northwest 23 to
32 mph in the late morning and afternoon, then
decreasing to around 16 mph late in the
afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (66000
knot-ft) in the late morning and afternoon,
then decreasing to fair (15500 knot-ft) late in
the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
northwest 6 to 8 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24 20 15 17 21 22 15 11 9 9 10 10
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............36 35 39 44 47 49 51 52 52 53 52 49
RH..............75 78 76 65 58 52 46 44 43 41 41 44
20 FT wind dir..SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 9 12 14 14 14 14 14 12 10
20 FT wind gust.14 13 16 18 21 22 23 23 23 21 21 17
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 10 11 13 13 14 14 14 13 13 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 2.9 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.7 3.3 1.1
Transp wind dir.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.10 10 13 23 29 31 32 30 30 30 23 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 8 58 106 130 141 132 128 123 66 16
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD PR
$$
Forecaster...Stuck
Requested by...Timothy Cole
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2525781.0/LWX
.DELDT 11/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL timothy.cole@maryland.gov