757
FNUS71 KRNK 061347
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR HORTON...NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
847 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON JANUARY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
BE LIGHT AND GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY, AND GIVEN THE PROVIDED LOCATION
OF THE BURN LOCATION, TERRAIN WOULD HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON WINDS. SKIES
WILL BE MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY, SO ALSO EXPECT LITTLE SUNLIGHT IMPACT.
FOR WEDNESDAY, WIND WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST, BUT STILL REMAIN
UNDER 10KTS AT THE SURFACE. HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE VERY CONDUCIVE TO
BURNING WITH MIN RH TODAY OF 60-65%, AND THEN WEDNESDAY ONLY REACHING INTO
THE LOW 40% RANGE. NO RAIN EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG
BEFORE 10AM.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 TO 18.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........65 64 63 33 62 66 70 75 70
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 44 47 51 56 58 59 59 57
RH..............100 100 93 81 69 66 63 64 67
20 FT WIND DIR..N N S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 1 2 4 5 5 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST. 6 7 10 10 11 11 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.6 0.9
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7
LVORI...........10 9 6 4 3 3 2 2 3
ADI.............2 2 5 9 14 16 18 12 8
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 2 4 7 11 13 15 11 6
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 14 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3700 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 6.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........51 64 51 31 28 39 32 33 28 20 18 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 53 52 51 50 50 49 48 48 47 46 45
RH..............73 79 83 84 85 85 85 89 88 88 90 90
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 8 8 10 10 8 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 6 8 10 13 14 14 14 13
LVORI...........3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6
ADI.............3 3 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 5 4 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 12 11
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH N THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO
AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (75000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 79 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 25 25 23 26 24 17 11 8 8 10 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 44 46 49 54 57 60 61 63 64 63 60
RH..............90 88 84 76 67 58 51 46 43 41 42 46
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW W W W W W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.2 1.4 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.3 3.1
MIXNG WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
MIXNG WIND SPD..13 13 15 20 22 23 22 21 18 16 14 10
LVORI...........5 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............14 14 24 35 64 74 79 79 72 63 70 41
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.10 11 18 27 56 70 80 86 79 70 59 33
FORECASTER...JOYNER
REQUESTED BY...DAKOTA PARIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528360.0/RNK
.DELDT 01/06/26
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