130
FNUS71 KRNK 092050
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR PANTHER KNOB RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
450 PM EDT THU APR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 EDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SKIES REMAIN SUNNY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S. TEMPERATURES
DROP TO AROUND 40 OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE TO 70 DEGREES BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, WITH MARION/WYTHEVILLE
RAWS REPORTING ENE AT 5 MPH, AND LOCAL MODELS SHOWING A MORE ESE
DIRECTION 1 TO 3 MPH AT THE BURN SITE. WINDS BECOME SE AND LIGHT
OVERNIGHT, BECOMING SW TOMORROW AND INCREASING SLIGHTLY. MINIMUM
RH VALUES VALUES WERE BETWEEN 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON, ONLY RECOVERING TO AROUND 52 PERCENT OVERNIGHT, THEN
DROPPING TO 25 PERCENT AGAIN BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MIXING/SMOKE
DISPERSION WILL BE POOR TO FAIR AT TIMES, BUT MIXING HEIGHTS DO
INCREASE TOMORROW. NO WETTING RAINS EXPECTED INTO THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK WITH A WARMING TREND.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 1 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3900 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6.
TIME (EDT) 5PM
SKY (%).........0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0
TEMP............63
RH..............26
20 FT WIND DIR..SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4
20 FT WIND GUST.13
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9
MIXNG WIND DIR..E
MIXNG WIND SPD..1
LVORI...........2
ADI.............6
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................2 TO 14.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 5 5 3 3 4 4 6 6 7 7 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 59 56 53 51 49 47 45 43 43 42 41
RH..............27 30 32 33 41 43 46 44 48 46 48 52
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.12 11 10 10 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.3 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
MIXNG WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 6 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............14 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.11 11 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 TO
10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (51100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 72 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 6 6 3 4 5 5 7 7 9 7 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 43 44 51 56 61 64 66 68 69 69 69
RH..............51 49 50 42 39 33 31 30 28 28 26 25
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.6 2.4 3.4 4.5 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.2
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 3 3 6 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 3 3 5 17 33 48 61 69 72 71 66
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 3 13 25 37 48 55 59 58 53
FORECASTER...HANES
REQUESTED BY...COOPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609865.0/RNK
.DELDT 04/09/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KENNETH.COOPER@USDA.GOV
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