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FNUS71 KRNK 101306
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR SAURATOWN...NC STATE PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
906 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
EXPECT SUNNY SKIES TODAY, THOUGH SOME FEW PASSING HIGH CLOUDS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. MINIMUM RH WILL DROP TO NEAR 44 PERCENT BY
THE AFTERNOON WITH STRONG MIXING TODAY. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS FROM
THE NORTH TODAY, UP TO 5 MPH, WITH THE OCCASSIONAL GUST UP TO 10
MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE WEEK, WITH
TEMPERATURES TRENDING A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER, BUT WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES REMAINING BELOW 50 PERCENT FOR THURSDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (25000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 TO 35.
TIME (EDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
SKY (%).........15 10 10 2 15 15 14 14 13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 65 70 73 75 76 77 77 77
RH..............76 64 55 50 46 45 45 44 44
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 2.0 3.1 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.0
MIXNG WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N
MIXNG WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 7 6 6 5 5
LVORI...........4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
ADI.............6 18 31 35 33 30 30 30 27
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 14 25 29 28 25 26 26 23
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 TO 16.
TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM
SKY (%).........14 14 15 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............76 73 67 64 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 55
RH..............48 53 67 75 84 88 93 95 96 94 92 93
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E NE NE NE NE N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
MIXNG WIND DIR..N NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........2 2 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
ADI.............16 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 2 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
SKY (%).........10 8 6 13 11 9 12 16 19 16 13 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 54 56 61 66 71 75 77 78 79 79 77
RH..............92 92 94 89 78 69 57 52 49 47 47 50
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.8 2.9 3.9 4.7 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.5
MIXNG WIND DIR..N N NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE
MIXNG WIND SPD..2 2 2 5 7 9 9 9 8 7 7 6
LVORI...........7 6 6 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 2 2 5 16 34 45 49 50 43 36 30
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 3 13 27 37 42 44 38 31 26
FORECASTER...SAVA
REQUESTED BY...JASON HAYWOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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