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FNUS71 KRNK 291748
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR MILL CREEK UNIT 1...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
148 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 EDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SUNNY, DRY AND BREEZY THROUGH TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP
INTO THE LOW 20% RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON, AND AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOW 60S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
HAVE BEGUN TO GUST, AND GUSTS BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE UNTIL THE EVENING, AFTER WHICH WINDS WILL START TO
DECREASE. MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE MONDAY WITH CONTINUED BROAD
SOUTHERLY FLOW, SO WILL NOT SEE MINIMUM RH TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS
LOW AS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ALSO SEE INCREASING CLOUD COVER OVER
THE BURN SITE TOMORROW, AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS BY
THE AFTERNOON, THOUGH AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
LESS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 14 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (58200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (77300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................78 TO 102.
TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........9 8 8 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 60 61 62
RH..............27 27 24 23
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.9 5.2 5.2 5.1
MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S
MIXNG WIND SPD..14 15 17 17
LVORI...........1 1 1 1
ADI.............78 92 102 101
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.67 80 89 88
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 18
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (55800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................76 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........26 21 44 60 52 61
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............60 55 50 48 47 46
RH..............25 28 33 37 40 53
20 FT WIND......S 6 SW 4 SW 3 SW 2 SW 2 SW 2
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 13 13 14 13
MIX HGT (FT)....4200 900 700 600 500 500
MIXING WIND......S 15 S 9 S 7 S 7 S 7 SW 8
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............76 4 3 3 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.64 8 5 4 4 4
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON, DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (44000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 TO 40.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........65 69 61 61 70 63
WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 20 30 30 30 40
TEMP............47 48 55 62 66 69
RH..............59 67 56 53 51 48
20 FT WIND......SW 2 SW 2 SW 2 SW 4 SW 5 SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 11 12 14 14 14
MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 1500 2700 2900 2600
MIXING WIND......SW 8 SW 7 SW 9 SW 12 SW 14 SW 16
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 1 1
ADI.............3 5 17 26 33 35
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 3 13 31 40 42
FORECASTER...SAVA
REQUESTED BY...ROBBIE CLAYTOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608363.0/RNK
.DELDT 03/29/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ROBERT.CLAYTOR@USDA.GOV
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