885  
FNUS71 KRNK 191238  
FWSRNK  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR FULP RX BURN...NC FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
838 AM EDT THU MAR 19 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).  
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (22200 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................4 TO 31.  
 
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........40 47 53 49 44 40 37 34 31  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............36 41 47 51 55 58 60 61 61  
RH..............59 53 47 43 41 39 38 37 39  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W SW SW W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2  
20 FT WIND GUST. 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.9 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.2  
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW W W W W NW NW W W  
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 5  
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2  
ADI.............4 10 15 20 26 31 30 26 23  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 7 11 16 21 26 25 22 19  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.  
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH  
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST  
AROUND 2 MPH AFTER 3 AM.  
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 (%).........24 17 10 9 8 7 7 8 8 7 6 6  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............60 57 54 51 49 48 46 45 44 42 41 40  
RH..............42 47 53 60 64 69 72 76 78 82 84 88  
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW W W W W W W N W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 4  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4  
MIXNG WIND DIR..W SW S SW SW SW SW SW W W W W  
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2  
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6  
ADI.............17 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1  
 
 
FORECASTER...GRUVER  
REQUESTED BY...JONATHAN YOUNG  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2606528.0/RNK  
.DELDT 03/19/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JONATHAN.YOUNG@NCAGR.GOV  
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