FNUS71 KAKQ 182039 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for CA 4...Fort A.P. Hill National Weather Service Wakefield VA 439 PM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on April 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... Light S winds expected for the rest of this afternoon with dry conditions and RHs around 30%. A cold front is still expected to push through Sunday. While moisture will be limited, a few spots could pick up a few tenths of inch of beneficial rainfall from scattered shower activity. Quickly drying out by late Sun afternoon with RHs dropping to 30-40%, potentially a bit lower. Wind speeds will generally be most elevated in the morning immediately behind the front, but will average 10 mph out of the NW into the afternoon, with gusts up to 20 mph. Turning very dry and breezy Monday with min RHs 15-25%. As a result, increased fire danger is likely by the late morning and afternoon, with the exact magnitude dependent on the amount and coverage of rain that falls Sunday. Very dry again for Tuesday with lighter winds. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 89. Min humidity........29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 8 mph. Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (119484 mph-ft). LVORI...............1. ADI.................120. TIME (EDT) 5PM Sky (%).........20 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 Temp............88 RH..............29 20 FT wind dir..S 20 FT wind spd..8 20 FT wind gust.14 Mix hgt (kft)...8.0 Transp wind dir.S Transp wind spd.15 LVORI...........1 ADI.............120 Vrate mph-ft/1K.119 Ventrate Cat....VGD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 52. Max humidity........75 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west around 6 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 5 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (48989 mph-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1839 mph-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............2. ADI.................60 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in the night. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........35 44 71 71 63 72 89 92 90 82 74 66 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 Temp............85 80 75 74 72 71 71 71 71 70 69 68 RH..............33 42 52 53 55 57 57 55 55 57 61 63 20 FT wind dir..S SE SE SE S S S S SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 8 8 11 11 Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S Transp wind spd.14 12 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 ADI.............60 10 9 8 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 Vrate mph-ft/1K.48 10 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostlycloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 14 mph increasing to northwest 23 to 29 mph in the morning, then decreasing to 13 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7704 mph-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (76015 mph-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (127419 mph-ft) late in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................12 early in the morning increasing to 120 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........76 85 95 96 96 97 94 91 89 73 57 40 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC LKY DEF LKY LKY SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 50 50 60 80 60 60 20 10 0 0 0 Temp............63 58 55 53 51 49 50 51 52 56 58 60 RH..............67 75 74 77 77 80 71 66 59 45 39 32 20 FT wind dir..NW NW N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..8 11 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 8 8 9 20 FT wind gust.14 19 23 22 20 19 16 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.4 5.1 6.8 7.3 Transp wind dir.SW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.14 23 29 29 26 23 18 15 13 15 18 22 LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............12 42 59 64 61 51 43 43 52 88 120 120 Vrate mph-ft/1K.7 43 64 74 74 61 52 38 42 76 127 155 Ventrate Cat....PR PR FR GD GD FR FR PR PR GD VGD VGD $$ Forecaster...WRAY Requested by...Curtis Garnett Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610687.0/AKQ .DELDT 04/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL curtis.e.garnett.civ@army.mil