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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDWOOD FIRE...ROANOKE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
729 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 EDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...
DISCUSSION
HOT WEATHER TODAY!
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND 100 DEGREES WITH HEAT
INDICES OF 105 TO 109. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN 1400 AND 1900...THE STORM MAY DEVELOP DIRECTLY OVERNIGHT
SO WATCH FOR CLOUD BUILD-UPS ALONG NEAR-BY RIDGES.
EYE LEVEL WINDS WILL BE SLOPE DRIVEN...CALM EARLY THIS MORNING, THEN
UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WATCH FOR
SUDDEN WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AND VARIABLE DIRECTIONS WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
BETWEEN 1400-1900.
CWR (0.01 IN).......30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 1-3 MPH THIS MORNING, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 3-6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (27900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 41.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 7 3 12 17 16 15 48 53 48 40
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 30 20 20
TEMP............74 77 82 89 94 97 99 101 99 98 95
RH..............78 77 69 57 48 43 39 35 38 39 43
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W N N N S S W W S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.4 2.8 4.8 6.2 7.5 7.5 4.7 4.1 3.5
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW N NE E SE SE SE S S
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 3 2 1 3 7 9
LVORI...........4 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............4 4 9 21 34 30 18 10 19 35 41
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 7 16 27 25 15 9 16 27 32
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (21900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 TO 33.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........38 37 39 36 40 38 44 48 48 59 47 48
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH
CWR.............20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
TEMP............93 90 90 84 81 78 77 75 75 73 72 72
RH..............45 48 49 56 62 66 70 73 75 78 80 81
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W SW W W W W NW W NW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
MIXNG WIND DIR..SE SE SW W NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW
MIXNG WIND SPD..9 7 6 6 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5
ADI.............33 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.25 11 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 3
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (56400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
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 (%).........47 30 18 24 20 11 16 27 57 65 61 72
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 40 50 40 60
TEMP............71 72 75 80 86 91 93 95 97 95 95 94
RH..............82 82 79 73 60 51 46 43 39 43 44 44
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W N N N SW S S S S W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.5 2.5 4.5 5.6 7.2 6.8 5.5 6.0 3.2
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W SW SW SW SW S S
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 3 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 8 10 13
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 3 2 5 12 26 33 43 42 51 72 42
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 1 1 4 9 21 27 36 39 45 65 41
FORECASTER...MANUEL
REQUESTED BY...CHARLIE RUCKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2616740.0/RNK
.DELDT 07/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CRUCKER@ROANOKECOUNTYVA.GOV
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