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FNUS71 KRNK 261905
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR WALLACE TRACT FIELDS RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
205 PM EST THU FEB 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 EST ON FEBRUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE, CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON.
RAIN WILL COME TO AN END TONIGHT, WITH CLOUDS LINGERING THROUGH
TOMORROW. AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT AS CONDITIONS REMAIN MOIST.
SOME DRYING TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AS CLOUDS BEGIN TO DECREASE.
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT, LESS THAN 10MPH. SO NOT EXPECTING
RAPID DRYING. MIN RH AROUND 45 TO 50 PERCENT BY THE AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SPRINKLES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 1 TO 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 TO 2.
TIME (EST) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........86 83 81
WEATHER COV.....CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 0 0
TEMP............48 48 47
RH..............74 72 73
20 FT WIND DIR..N NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 1
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.6 0.5
MIXNG WIND DIR..N N N
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 2 1
LVORI...........3 3 3
ADI.............2 2 1
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 1 1
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG
OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG AFTER 3 AM.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 1 MPH INCREASING TO 2 TO 3 MPH
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................1 TO 2.
TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........73 58 42 42 42 40
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............46 42 40 38 35 33
RH..............75 87 87 89 93 93
20 FT WIND......W 1 NW 1 N 1 N 1 N 1 N 1
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 4 5 4 5
MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 500 400 400 400
MIXING WIND......N 1 NW 1 W 2 W 3 NW 3 NW 3
LVORI...........4 6 6 7 7 7
ADI.............1 1 1 1 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 1 1 1
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (30800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 TO 42.
TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........34 35 28 11 7 5
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............32 33 43 51 54 54
RH..............94 95 71 56 49 45
20 FT WIND......N 1 N 1 SW 1 SW 2 SW 3 SW 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 6 7 8
MIX HGT (FT)....400 800 1800 3500 4400 4400
MIXING WIND......NW 3 NW 3 NW 3 SW 3 S 5 S 8
LVORI...........6 8 3 2 2 1
ADI.............3 3 8 13 26 42
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 3 6 11 22 35
FORECASTER...GRUVER
REQUESTED BY...AARON STROBEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604122.1/RNK
.DELDT 02/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL AARON.P.STROBEL@USDA.GOV,JAMES.COLLETT@USDA.GOV
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