593
FNUS71 KRNK 241245
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR PHILPOTT LAKE...USACE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
745 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON FEBRUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
CHILLY THIS MORNING, ALONG WITH CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS. NW
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN AT
20MPH OR LESS. WILL SEE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND INTO THE AFTERNOON,
WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 40S. DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE TEENS AND
SINGLE DIGITS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN MIN RH VALUES IN THE 15 TO 20
PERCENT RANGE BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST, AND BECOME
INCREASINGLY GUSTY AFTER SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTS INTO THE 20 AND
30MPH RANGE WILL BE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES MUCH
WARMER INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S BY THE AFTERNOON...MIN RH AT THAT
TIME AROUND 30 PERCENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12
TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (29700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................35 TO 50.
TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........49 56 68 66 65 60 66 67
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............31 35 38 41 43 44 45 45
RH..............44 36 32 28 27 27 27 29
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W W SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 11 10 10 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.1
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW W W W W SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..15 13 12 10 10 12 13 13
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............50 39 36 35 37 40 44 42
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.40 35 34 35 36 39 45 40
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 16 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (8700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................8 TO 14.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........67 70 73 68 72 78 87 95 92 92 94 85
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............42 40 37 36 37 37 37 37 37 37 38 38
RH..............34 37 43 46 46 46 47 46 47 48 48 50
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.11 11 12 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..14 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 15 14 13 12
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............9 9 10 10 10 10 14 14 10 9 8 8
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.10 11 12 12 14 17 16 15 15 14 13 12
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SPRINKLES EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 23
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (79200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 60 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........78 82 70 72 74 71 67 64 61 59 56 55
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............39 39 40 43 47 51 53 55 57 57 57 56
RH..............54 54 57 55 50 47 44 43 42 43 44 46
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 16 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.0 1.7 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..12 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 22 18
LVORI...........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............14 14 23 34 56 48 54 60 60 58 52 39
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.11 11 22 39 54 64 78 91 86 78 65 44
FORECASTER...GRUVER
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN STEWART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603722.0/RNK
.DELDT 02/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BRIAN.W.STEWART@USACE.ARMY.MIL
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