775
FNUS71 KRNK 152226
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR 26CR00474...VA DEPT OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
626 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1900 EDT ON APRIL 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
..ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE
NORMAL. DRY WEATHER IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PERSIST WITH ONLY MODEST
HUMIDITY RECOVERY AT NIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE FOR THE OVERNIGHT,
BUT THEN PICK BACK UP AGAIN THURSDAY...BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT, AND EVEN
THEN, RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-55 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................2 TO 5.
TIME (EDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........17 23 30 44 39 44 50 47 48 50 51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............85 82 80 77 75 74 73 71 70 69 68
RH..............29 29 31 36 41 43 45 47 47 48 50
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10 7 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..10 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 5 5 3
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............5 3 3 5 4 5 5 3 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.11 6 6 6 7 7 6 5 4 3 3
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 14 TO
20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (115900 KNOT-FT)
IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 160 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........51 48 45 37 33 33 30 29 18 19 18 19
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............66 65 68 72 75 79 81 83 85 86 87 88
RH..............54 60 54 48 43 38 35 32 29 28 27 26
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.9 0.9 1.8 3.1 4.0 5.3 6.3 7.3 7.8 8.3 8.6
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 8 10 14 16 18 20 20 18
LVORI...........2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 3 4 12 30 50 80 112 142 160 101 160
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.3 3 3 9 23 42 70 102 133 153 165 159
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH OR LESS FOR THE
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 7 TO 14 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (79500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................100 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE
IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........19 21 32 45 42 41 54 55 63 60 56 53
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 20 20 20 20
TEMP............87 84 83 78 76 75 74 72 71 69 68 67
RH..............27 29 30 35 37 40 43 47 52 56 60 64
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 13 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.6 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..14 9 6 5 6 8 13 17 20 16 12 7
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
ADI.............100 4 3 3 4 5 8 8 9 7 5 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.91 12 5 5 6 8 13 17 20 17 11 7
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 14
TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (103100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 152 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........51 51 33 33 33 33 33 33 25 19 19 19
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10
TEMP............66 65 66 69 73 78 80 82 83 84 85 85
RH..............70 74 73 65 54 46 41 37 34 31 29 28
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.1 1.2 2.4 3.6 4.8 5.9 6.9 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.1
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
MIXNG WIND SPD..7 8 10 14 18 21 21 18 16 15 15 14
LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 11 15 43 83 124 145 152 151 140 131 117
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.7 9 12 33 65 99 119 126 129 119 110 98
FORECASTER...MANUEL
REQUESTED BY...MARCEK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610479.0/RNK
.DELDT 04/15/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL LUCAS.MARCEK@DOF.VIRGINIA.GOV
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