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FNUS71 KRNK 042049
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDWOOD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
449 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1730 EDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOUNTAIN
LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING, BRINGING BRIEF ERRATIC WIND GUSTS
WITH ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR IS ABOUT 40 PERCENT
CURRENTLY, BUT DROPS TO 10 PERCENT LATER TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT
CROSSES THE AREA OVERNIGHT, AND WILL TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW MORNING, WITH CWR VALUES
INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
WILL SHIFT WINDS MORE WESTERLY IN THE LATE MORNING. AS
PRECIPITATION MOVES SOUTH AND WINDS TURN MORE NW BY THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING, GUSTS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH. RH VALUES
REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON WITH
DRIER AIR LAGGING SOMEWHAT.
BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SUNDAY, THE REGION WILL DRY OUT FOR
THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. NO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EVENTS ARE
FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK, WITH VERY DRY AND COOL AIR
PUSHING INTO THE REGION.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR (0.01 IN).......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 18 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (106600 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................75.
TIME (EDT) 5PM
SKY (%).........61
WEATHER COV.....CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........CHC
CWR.............40
TEMP............80
RH..............49
20 FT WIND DIR..SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6
20 FT WIND GUST.18
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..24
LVORI...........1
ADI.............75
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.123
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY IN THE EVENING,
CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 16 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 17
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (76900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (8500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................107 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE
IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........48 51 53 48 53 63 42 32 40 59 63 73
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH CHC SCH SCH
CWR.............20 30 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............79 76 72 70 69 68 66 65 65 64 63 64
RH..............52 57 63 69 71 75 76 78 78 81 82 81
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..24 23 21 18 16 14 13 12 12 13 15 17
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............107 26 19 12 11 9 8 5 5 8 10 12
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.88 42 23 19 15 12 10 10 10 11 14 14
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......40 PERCENT INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT
LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 50 PERCENT
LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 16 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 22
TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (81400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 91 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........86 91 94 98 92 92 92 95 92 80 46 49
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............40 70 90 100 90 50 30 10 20 0 0 0
TEMP............62 62 62 58 61 61 62 65 63 64 64 63
RH..............87 87 92 100 90 88 81 68 69 61 54 51
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.21 21 21 20 20 19 19 19 19 21 21 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.7
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W NW NW W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..17 16 16 18 22 24 24 24 24 24 24 25
LVORI...........5 4 5 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 19 24 29 37 43 47 53 57 60 85 91
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.14 15 21 27 34 41 50 62 70 77 86 94
FORECASTER...HANES
REQUESTED BY...VA-VIC DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608972.1/RNK
.DELDT 04/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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