979
FNUS71 KRNK 251738
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR CUNNINGHAM STAND A...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
138 PM EDT SUN OCT 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON OCTOBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
DRY WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEK AT THE SPOT LOCATION. WINDS
MONDAY LOOK TO BE LIGHT OUT OF THE WEST TO NW AND AFTERNOON RH
VALUES SHOULD BE IN THE LOW 40S. TUESDAY STARTS WITH NORTH WINDS
NEAR 5 MPH THEN SHIFTING NE BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON
AROUND 6 MPH. AFTERNOON RH TUESDAY SHOULD BE NEAR 47 PERCENT.
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 TO 12.
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........5 3 4 3 2 2 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 64 67 70 70 71 70
RH..............67 58 50 46 43 42 41
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW W W NW W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 2.0 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.6
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 3 3
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............6 8 9 8 10 12 11
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 6 7 7 8 10 9
MONDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................1 TO 3.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 1 3 1 0 0 1 8 2 1 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 62 54 51 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 43
RH..............50 60 82 88 93 97 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST. 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
MIXNG WIND SPD..2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........2 3 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
ADI.............3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 9
TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (36600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 51 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 3 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 43 43 50 58 66 71 72 73 74 73 72
RH..............99 99 100 95 74 56 51 49 50 47 47 50
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.5 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 2 3 7 10 14 14 12 10 10 9 9
LVORI...........10 9 9 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 3 4 7 21 42 50 51 50 47 45 42
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 1 4 16 34 40 42 42 39 37 35
FORECASTER...BAKER
REQUESTED BY...JON A. WILLOUGHBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/25/26
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