FNUS71 KAKQ 201457 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for Doolittle Prescribed Burn...Virginia Department of Forestry National Weather Service Wakefield VA 1057 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 EDT on April 21. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... RH recovery will only be to around 60 percent tonight with winds becoming light. Sunny and dry conditions with light winds are expected on Tuesday. RH values drop to around 20 percent Tuesday afternoon with good mixing. Partly to mostly cloudy and dry, with a west to southwest wind at 10-15 mph on Wednesday. Minimum RH values drop to around 25 percent Wednesday afternoon. There is a slight (~20%) chance of a shower on Wednesday (mainly during the afternoon/evening). .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Patchy frost after 3 am. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 32. Max humidity........61 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 8 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3334 mph-ft). LVORI...............3. ADI.................4 to 6. TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........1 3 4 4 3 5 Weather cov..... PTY PTY PTY Weather type.... FST FST FST Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............42 41 39 38 37 35 RH..............46 46 48 50 52 56 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.7 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N Transp wind spd.13 13 12 10 9 8 LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 3 ADI.............6 5 5 5 4 4 Vrate mph-ft/1K.6 5 5 4 3 3 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Patchy frost early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 67. Min humidity........20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 7 to 8 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5290 mph-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (40825 mph-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 51 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 Weather cov.....PTY PTY Weather type....FST FST Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............34 36 38 44 49 55 59 61 63 65 67 65 RH..............61 56 54 43 36 29 25 23 22 21 20 22 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N W W W SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.9 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.1 Transp wind dir.N NE NE NE N N N NW NW W W SW Transp wind spd.8 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 5 6 7 8 LVORI...........3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............4 9 13 26 35 40 37 35 35 40 46 51 Vrate mph-ft/1K.5 7 10 19 27 31 29 27 28 32 37 40 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 46. Max humidity........65 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph overnight. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (27944 mph-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2989 mph-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............2. ADI.................3 to 36. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........3 3 4 10 16 22 29 35 42 38 35 31 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............64 63 59 56 54 53 52 51 50 50 49 48 RH..............24 27 34 43 45 44 46 46 48 50 54 58 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SW 20 FT wind spd..4 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 20 FT wind gust.6 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 11 11 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW S S S S S S S S S SW SW Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8 10 12 13 14 15 15 16 16 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 ADI.............36 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 10 7 7 7 Vrate mph-ft/1K.27 14 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 10 mph shifting to the west around 10 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 23 mph shifting to the west 21 to 23 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13684 mph-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (97864 mph-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (147085 mph-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................13 early in the morning increasing to 117 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........29 28 26 22 17 13 20 26 33 34 35 36 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 Temp............47 48 52 58 64 70 74 77 79 80 82 81 RH..............63 65 56 49 43 38 34 31 29 28 26 27 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 14 16 18 19 19 19 19 18 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4 4.4 6.5 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.4 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.18 21 23 23 22 22 22 23 23 23 22 21 LVORI...........2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............13 28 38 48 57 60 86 104 117 114 109 102 Vrate mph-ft/1K.13 21 28 37 44 51 97 147 196 185 171 155 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD EXL EXL VGD VGD $$ Forecaster...IYER Requested by...Faith Stewart Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610891.0/AKQ .DELDT 04/20/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL faith.stewart@dof.virginia.gov