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FNUS71 KRNK 191237
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR POINTER PRESCRIBED BURN...NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
837 AM EDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
COOL TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL WARM NICELY THROUGH THE DAY
WITH HIGHS BY THE AFTERNOON IN THE LOW 60S. WINDS STILL REMAIN
LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST, LESS THAN 10 MPH. SHOULD SEE MIN RH
AROUND 30 PERCENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 10
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (23200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 TO 33.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 10 11 11 13 15 17 19 21 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............31 35 41 47 52 55 58 60 61 61
RH..............71 63 54 46 41 37 35 33 33 34
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST. 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.7 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.5 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.9
MIXNG WIND DIR..S SW W W W W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 6 8 10 9 8 6 5 5 5
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
ADI.............3 6 14 26 33 32 29 27 27 26
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 4 11 21 26 27 24 23 23 22
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 2 TO 5
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (900 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 TO 17.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........25 27 28 20 12 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............59 57 53 51 49 47 45 44 43 42 41 40
RH..............37 43 50 56 62 66 70 74 76 77 82 86
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..W S S S S S S S S S S S
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6
ADI.............17 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
FORECASTER...GRUVER
REQUESTED BY...BONNIE WEYANDT-MORGAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606508.0/RNK
.DELDT 03/19/26
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.EMAIL D11OPSRM@NCAGR.GOV
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