591
FNUS71 KRNK 181639
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILMOTH FARM...NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1239 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 EDT ON JUNE 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN
1600 AND SUNSET WHICH MAY CONTAIN GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 0.50 TO 1.00 ARE POSSIBLE IF YOU TAKE A DIRECT
HIT FROM ONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 22 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (65800 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................65 TO 78.
TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........53 77 64 71 67
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 40 50 40 40
TEMP............85 88 89 90 90
RH..............52 51 53 51 52
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 10 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.22 18 18 18 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.4 6.2 5.3 4.3 3.3
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..22 21 22 23 23
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............68 69 68 65 78
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.117 129 115 99 76
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
CWR (0.01 IN).......90 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 12
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (37900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................54 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........74 90 91 91 88 90
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE DEFNTE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE
CWR.............40 90 50 60 70 50
TEMP............87 82 77 73 71 69
RH..............56 65 77 83 87 88
20 FT WIND......SW 6 W 7 SW 5 W 6 SW 5 SW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.14 12 7 7 6 6
MIX HGT (FT)....2000 600 500 500 500 500
MIXING WIND.....SW 22 SW 16 SW 10 SW 7 SW 7 SW 10
LVORI...........1 3 4 5 5 5
ADI.............54 14 7 5 5 7
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.44 9 5 3 3 5
JUNETEENTH
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......40 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10
TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
INCREASING TO 20 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (115400 KNOT-FT)
IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 150 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........80 61 45 49 45 16
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............40 20 20 20 0 0
TEMP............67 69 76 79 83 83
RH..............95 97 82 67 54 49
20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 3 NW 4 NW 6 NW 7 NW 8
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 10 12 14 16
MIX HGT (FT)....500 1000 2300 4200 6000 7400
MIXING WIND......S 9 SE 5 S 5 SW 8 NW 13 NW 20
LVORI...........6 7 4 3 1 1
ADI.............6 6 14 38 84 150
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 4 10 32 75 141
FORECASTER...MANUEL
REQUESTED BY...LARRY ROBERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 06/18/26
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