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SPOT FORECAST FOR DCR NH SOUTHSIDE SAVANNA NAP RX...DCR DNH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1257 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AT THE SPOT LOCATION TODAY, DRY CONDITIONS WITH PARTLY CLOUDY
TO SUNNY SKIES. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON LOOK TO BE LIGHT OUT OF
THE EAST. MINIMUM RH VALUES SHOULD GET DOWN TO NEAR 24 PERCENT.
CLOUDS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH CALM WINDS.
WEDNESDAY WILL AGAIN BE DRY AND MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY.
CLOUD COVER SHOULD INCREASE TO MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. BY AFTERNOON THE WINDS LOOK TO BE OUT OF THE SOUTH
NEAR 6 MPH AND MINIMUM RH VALUES NEAR 25 PERCENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (18300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................25 TO 38.
TIME (EDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
SKY (%).........30 22 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0
TEMP............49 52 55
RH..............32 25 24
20 FT WIND......E 4 E 3 E 3
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6
MIX HGT (FT)....4400 4700 4600
MIXING WIND......NE 7 E 5 E 5
LVORI...........1 2 2
ADI.............38 28 25
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.33 24 21
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 TO 18.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........2 22 42 57 67 48
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 44 41 39 37 35
RH..............27 41 52 60 65 71
20 FT WIND......E 2 N 1 SE 1 S 1 SE 1 S 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 5 6 6 5
MIX HGT (FT)....4000 500 500 400 500 500
MIXING WIND......E 3 E 2 SE 3 SE 3 SE 5 SE 6
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3
ADI.............18 1 1 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.15 1 1 2 2 3
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (53900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 73 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........38 37 33 26 15 34
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............33 33 44 55 61 63
RH..............79 78 52 35 28 25
20 FT WIND......S 1 S 2 S 2 S 3 S 5 S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.2 4 6 8 10
MIX HGT (FT)....400 300 1500 3000 4000 4600
MIXING WIND......S 6 SE 5 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 13
LVORI...........4 4 2 2 1 1
ADI.............2 5 12 26 39 66
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 1 9 21 32 56
FORECASTER...BAKER
REQUESTED BY...REGIONAL STEWARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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