878
FNUS71 KRNK 051004
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDWOOD FIRE...ROANOKE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
604 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
REST OF TODAY
TODAY, A SLIGHT COOLING PERIOD WILL COMMENCE, WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE MOUNTAINS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S,
AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS LIKELY REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S.
THIS WILL MEAN HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK IN THE LOW 90S
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS, AND THE LOW 100S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.
EACH DAY THE REGION LOOKS TO COOL BY A FEW DEGREES, WHICH WILL
BRING TEMPERATURES BACK TO SEASONAL VALUES FOR THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR.
AFTERNOON STORMS POSSIBLE, SOME OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE STRONG
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN. WINDS TODAY WILL REMAIN LIGHT.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS
LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 8
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (48400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 69 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 19 26 15 38 45 73 70 80 78
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 10 40 50 70 70
TEMP............72 76 80 84 86 87 89 86 86 85
RH..............89 83 75 65 61 57 52 59 59 61
20 FT WIND DIR..W N N N N W S SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.2 2.1 3.7 4.9 5.5 6.1 4.9 4.2 3.5
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..2 5 8 10 10 10 9 8 8 8
LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 7 22 49 66 69 62 48 40 34
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 6 17 39 53 55 56 41 33 28
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......40 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (19800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 29.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........60 55 50 48 35 43 35 22 20 24 36 32
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............40 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 0 0 10 10
TEMP............83 82 81 79 76 74 72 72 72 71 71 71
RH..............65 68 65 71 77 81 85 83 90 92 91 91
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW W W NW W N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW S S SW SW W W W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..10 12 13 10 7 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 7
ADI.............29 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.23 16 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 2 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO
10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (40500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 54 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........27 40 41 41 29 29 39 53 53 55 66 65
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 30 50 50
TEMP............70 70 73 76 81 84 86 89 89 89 91 89
RH..............93 93 93 89 77 69 64 60 56 59 56 59
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.3 2.3 3.5 4.2 4.8 5.1 2.5 2.3 3.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
LVORI...........7 6 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1
ADI.............1 2 2 6 16 31 42 52 54 31 30 43
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 2 5 12 24 34 42 47 25 23 36
FORECASTER...GRUVER
REQUESTED BY...CHARLIE RUCKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2616740.1/RNK
.DELDT 07/05/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CRUCKER@ROANOKECOUNTYVA.GOV
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