FNUS71 KAKQ 161135 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for Wango Fire...Maryland DNR Forest Service National Weather Service Wakefield VA 735 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on April 16. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... Southwesterly winds will increase to 10-15 mph later today with gusts to around 20 mph. Afternoon RH values of 30-35% are expected along with good mixing. Partly to mostly sunny skies will prevail. Slightly higher RH values (40-45%), more cloud cover, and lighter winds are expected on Friday as a shortwave crosses the area. There is a chance for a few showers during the day, but a wetting rain is not expected. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly sunny (20-45 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 90. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 17 mph increasing to 20 to 22 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4485 mph-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (100509 mph-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 87 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........40 40 40 38 39 38 43 29 19 33 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............69 74 78 82 84 86 87 88 90 88 RH..............65 55 48 44 40 37 35 34 33 35 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.11 12 13 14 14 16 18 18 19 19 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.8 9 10 12 13 15 17 20 22 22 LVORI...........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............8 13 21 32 48 67 66 77 85 87 Vrate mph-ft/1K.4 9 16 24 38 55 75 87 98 100 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 66. Max humidity........68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph becoming light. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph shifting to the southwest 3 to 8 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (60719 mph-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1265 mph-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............2. ADI.................75 early in the evening decreasing to 2 late in the night. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........30 22 27 23 26 19 19 19 15 14 26 35 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Temp............86 85 80 78 75 74 73 72 71 70 70 68 RH..............37 40 47 48 54 53 55 55 57 59 59 63 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 20 FT wind gust.16 14 14 12 12 12 11 11 11 9 8 7 Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 1.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.SW S S S S S S SW SW SW W W Transp wind spd.18 14 10 9 10 10 10 9 8 7 5 3 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 ADI.............75 9 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 3 2 2 Vrate mph-ft/1K.60 27 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 1 1 Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of showers early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........42 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 3 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 15 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1380 mph-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (88205 mph-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 98 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........48 57 52 48 52 55 50 48 40 40 40 40 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............67 68 68 71 73 75 77 78 79 80 81 79 RH..............68 68 70 63 59 55 52 48 47 45 42 45 20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW W W W W NW 20 FT wind spd..4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.7 8 8 9 11 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.5 1.6 2.7 3.9 4.6 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 Transp wind dir.W W W W W NW NW W W W W W Transp wind spd.3 5 6 8 10 13 13 13 13 14 15 15 LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............2 3 6 17 36 59 70 78 85 91 98 98 Vrate mph-ft/1K.1 1 2 12 29 48 60 68 75 82 87 88 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD GD GD $$ Forecaster...BROWN Requested by...Shannon Wolfe Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610506.0/AKQ .DELDT 04/16/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL shannon.wolfe@maryland.gov