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FNUS71 KRNK 041222
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDWOOD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
822 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL DAY OF MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR
THE REGION, AS A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CROSS OUR REGION SUNDAY
MORNING. CUMULUS CLOUD DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON,
WITH THE POTENTIAL OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM THIS EVENING.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES START TO INCREASE AGAIN TOWARDS DAYBREAK
SUNDAY, AND CONTINUE THEIR UPWARD TREND QUICKLY THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS IN THE FORM OF MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS, WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF
A STORM IN THE MORNING. CHANCES WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY BY THE
MID-AFTERNOON AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ONE-QUARTER INCH, BUT COULD BE
LOCALLY HIGHER FOR ANY LOCATION WHICH RECEIVES A THUNDERSTORM.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY HAVE A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT TODAY THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIND SHIFT IS EXPECTED MID-MORNING SUNDAY
TO A WEST WIND, WHICH WILL VEER NORTHWEST AND TREND GUSTIER
BY SUNDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
INTO MONDAY. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK, WITH
DAYTIME MINIMUM RH VALUES IN THE 30S PERCENT RANGE MOST DAYS,
WITH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY POTENTIALLY IN THE 20S PERCENT RANGE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 16
TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (89000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 109 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........22 27 22 29 42 41 48 53 59
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............66 72 76 78 80 81 82 82 81
RH..............75 65 60 55 51 48 47 46 49
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10 11 12 14 14 17 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.8 3.5 5.2 6.0 6.4 6.1 5.6 4.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S S
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 6 7 9 12 14 16 18 20
LVORI...........4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 13 30 53 76 97 109 59 57
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.6 10 24 46 69 88 98 102 86
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) LATE. SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT EVENING AND 30 PERCENT EARLY MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 22 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (64700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO FAIR (16000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................53 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 12 LATE
IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........53 48 52 46 51 44 47 44 52 68 72 85
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 10 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 30
TEMP............79 77 71 69 68 67 66 65 65 65 64 64
RH..............52 56 68 71 73 77 77 80 80 83 82 82
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 19 19 18 18 19 20 20 20 20 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.8 2.3 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..20 20 20 22 24 25 25 24 23 22 21 18
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
ADI.............53 13 13 14 16 17 17 16 15 15 14 12
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.74 44 31 32 31 33 28 29 25 23 22 18
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS
THROUGH THE DAY.
CWR (0.01 IN).......50 PERCENT INCREASING TO 90 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN
DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 24 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (76900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 62 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........88 88 96 96 96 96 96 96 83 74 64 55
WEATHER COV.....CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH
CWR.............50 80 90 90 90 90 90 90 20 20 20 20
TEMP............63 62 62 58 59 61 62 64 65 65 65 64
RH..............87 89 91 98 95 86 77 69 61 56 51 49
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 22 21 20 20 19 19 19 20 21 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.0
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..15 13 12 13 16 20 22 23 24 24 23 22
LVORI...........4 4 4 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............14 17 18 22 28 35 44 53 60 62 62 61
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.16 14 16 20 26 34 48 64 79 84 87 88
FORECASTER...SLEIGHTER
REQUESTED BY...VA-VIC DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608972.0/RNK
.DELDT 04/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL VAVIC@FIRENET.GOV
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