886
FNUS71 KRNK 220953
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR BEARD MOUNTAIN WF...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
553 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LIKELY LESS THAN 0.10" OF RAINFALL FELL ACROSS THE BURN AREA ON
TUESDAY EVENING, WITH DRYING OF ANY RESIDUAL MOISTURE TAKING PLACE
TODAY UNDER ABUNDANT SUNSHINE ASSOCIATED WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.
DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE BURN LOCATION TODAY,
RESULTING IN RH VALUES FALLING AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT DURING EARLY
AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
BECOME MORE FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS BY LATE MORNING AS THE STRONGER
WINDS ALOFT WORK THEIR WAY TO THE SURFACE. GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO
REACH AS HIGH AS 28 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN
TO DIMINISH DURING THE 6 PM TO 7 PM TIMEFRAME THIS EVENING.
HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
THOUGH AFTERNOON GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH AS HIGH AS THOSE
DURING TODAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 5 4 2 3 5 6 9 11 10 6 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 48 48 48 50 53 58 59 61 58 58 57
RH..............60 60 60 58 53 45 38 33 30 35 34 35
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 9 10 12 13 14 14 13 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 20
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........7 6 16 14 17 21 17 17 19 15 18 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 50 49 48 46 45 44 43 42 41 41 40
RH..............37 49 51 55 59 62 64 65 68 68 69 68
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..11 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 14 13 13 13 12 12 10 10 10 10 10
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........15 11 6 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............40 40 40 44 48 53 56 59 61 61 61 60
RH..............67 65 69 61 52 44 38 34 31 29 29 31
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 12 14 17 17 18 18 18 17 14
FORECASTER...FILLO
REQUESTED BY...MARCUS SEWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2523793.4/RNK
.DELDT 10/22/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MARCUS.SEWELL@USDA.GOV
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