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FNUS71 KRNK 080936
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR MINTON...NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
436 AM EST THU JAN 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON JANUARY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
EXPECT THE SURFACE INVERSION TO BE GONE BY 11AM. HIGH CLOUDS
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SKY FROM TIME TO TIME LIMITING SUNSHINE.
HOWEVER, SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE UPPER
50S BY 2-3PM, WITH MIN RH CLOSE TO 40 PERCENT. HOWEVER, MIXING
WILL BE LIMITED WITH THE LIGHT WINDS.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST DAY TO BURN AS A WETTING RAIN MOVES IN FRIDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (15100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 TO 22.
TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........61 62 65 70 80 75 64 82
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 52 55 57 58 59 59 57
RH..............57 51 46 44 43 49 51 55
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST. 2 4 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.3 0.8
MIXNG WIND DIR..E E E E SE SE SE SE
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 8 7 6 7
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
ADI.............6 11 16 21 22 20 16 5
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 8 13 16 17 16 13 5
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2800 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 4.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........87 95 92 91 87 87 90 91 92 96 97 97
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............55 52 51 50 49 48 48 48 47 47 48 48
RH..............59 62 65 68 71 74 77 80 82 84 85 87
20 FT WIND DIR..N SE E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST. 2 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
MIXNG WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
MIXNG WIND SPD..7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6
ADI.............3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN
THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING.
RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 3 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................2 TO 9.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........97 97 98 98 98 97 96 95 95 96 96 96
WEATHER COV.....PTY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 30 30 30 30 30 30 70 70 70 70 70
TEMP............48 49 49 50 51 53 56 58 59 60 60 60
RH..............88 92 96 96 96 95 92 89 87 87 88 89
20 FT WIND DIR..SE E E SE S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.2 5 5 6 6 7 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.3
MIXNG WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 5 3 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 5 3
LVORI...........6 6 8 8 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
ADI.............4 4 3 2 2 4 7 9 8 8 9 6
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 3 2 2 2 3 6 8 6 7 7 5
FORECASTER...PERRY
REQUESTED BY...DAKOTA PARIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528568.0/RNK
.DELDT 01/08/26
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