266  
FNUS71 KRNK 111317  
FWSRNK  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MIZPAH LLC...NCFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
917 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 11.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
QUIET WEATHER FOR THIS MORNING, BUT WINDS PICK UP BY 12:00 PM EDT  
AND GUST UP TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON TO BE IN  
THE MID-50 PERCENT RANGE. A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE  
LATER THIS EVENING, BUT THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE OVERNIGHT  
AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND  
HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, LARGE HAIL, AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT  
BE RULED OUT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AS A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH  
BY THURSDAY MORNING AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BUT TRANSITION FROM  
THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST. SOME SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE  
THURSDAY MORNING, BUT LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).  
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.  
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH  
INCREASING TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 25  
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (106500 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 114200 KNOT-FT LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................15 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 82 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........51 49 51 47 48 56 52 55  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............62 64 66 67 68 69 69 68  
RH..............80 75 71 66 61 59 57 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 11 12 12 12 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 18 19 22 23 23 24 24  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 2.6 3.5 4.3 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.4  
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
MIXNG WIND SPD..9 13 17 21 24 25 25 24  
LVORI...........4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............15 37 44 60 74 82 82 77  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.12 33 59 90 122 142 139 131  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY (35-80 PERCENT) THROUGHOUT  
THE DAY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING.  
RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.  
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT LATE IN THE  
EVENING, THEN INCREASING TO 90 PERCENT AFTER 3 AM.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST AFTER 3 AM. GUSTS UP TO 36 MPH EARLY IN  
THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST 15 TO 17 MPH AFTER 3 AM.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (65000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (4500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................53 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 8 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........61 48 54 40 53 68 73 88 90 94 93 93  
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 30 50 60 60 80 90 80 90  
TEMP............67 66 62 62 61 60 59 57 55 53 51 47  
RH..............56 56 61 63 66 69 75 82 88 91 97 99  
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 17 17  
20 FT WIND GUST.23 22 21 22 23 25 25 25 26 26 28 29  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 1.8 0.5 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2  
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW  
MIXNG WIND SPD..20 15 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 12 15 17  
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5  
ADI.............53 16 9 8 8 10 10 10 8 10 13 15  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.75 26 5 8 11 15 13 12 11 13 18 20  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS  
LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW  
SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
CWR (0.01 IN).......70 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.  
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 34 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.  
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 30  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (19900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (108700 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................17 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 82 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........90 96 94 90 88 86 81 75 70 52 35 17  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW SW SW SW SW SW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............70 70 40 40 40 40 40 40 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............42 38 36 33 31 31 31 32 32 33 34 34  
RH..............100 100 92 98 94 89 84 77 70 62 56 51  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..18 19 21 21 20 20 19 19 18 18 17 17  
20 FT WIND GUST.30 32 33 34 34 33 32 31 30 30 29 28  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.5  
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
MIXNG WIND SPD..18 20 21 21 21 22 24 26 29 30 30 28  
LVORI...........5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1  
ADI.............17 30 31 34 35 39 50 62 73 79 82 81  
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.23 26 26 32 32 39 56 76 96 111 121 125  
 

 
FORECASTER...GROVER  
REQUESTED BY...ANDREW HARSEY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2605404.0/RNK  
.DELDT 03/11/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ANDREW.HARSEY@NCAGR.GOV  
 
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