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SPOT FORECAST FOR MEADOWGROUND RX...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
741 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A SOUTHWEST WIND SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE BURN SITE THROUGH TUESDAY
WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
DROP TO NEAR 45 PERCENT AS MIXING HEIGHTS REACH NEAR 5000 FEET ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT
WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE INCREASING CLOUDS AND A MUCH HIGHER CHANCE
OF WETTING RAIN FROM SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE
FLOW ALOFT SHIFTING MORE TOWARDS THE WEST.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT IN THE MORNING, INCREASING TO 20
PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT) IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (111100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................INCREASING TO 106 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........51 44 37 38 40 41 40 40 39
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
TEMP............55 60 66 69 72 73 75 75 75
RH..............83 74 65 58 53 50 47 47 47
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 18 18 18 18 19 19 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.6 2.3 3.2 4.0 4.7 4.9 5.0 4.9
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..6 8 12 15 18 21 24 25 25
LVORI...........5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 17 34 49 67 83 97 106 106
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 13 27 47 71 98 115 128 130
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......20 PERCENT IN THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING
TO 0 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
20 MPH, DECREASING TO 5 MPH LATE AT NIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10
MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (66000 KNOT-FT) IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................DECREASING TO 3 OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........39 40 40 37 33 30 31 32 33 34 36 37
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 72 70 68 66 64 63 62 62 61 60 60
RH..............49 52 55 59 64 68 71 74 76 77 79 79
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 2.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..21 15 10 9 9 10 9 9 8 7 6 6
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
ADI.............75 10 7 6 7 7 7 6 4 3 3 3
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.76 32 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS, BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
(75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR (0.01 IN).......INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING, THEN
WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (900 KNOT-FT) IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (98500 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................INCREASING TO 135 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........43 49 55 54 53 52 53 55 80 80 80 80
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC
CWR.............0 0 30 30 30 30 30 30 70 70 70 70
TEMP............59 58 59 62 67 71 74 75 76 77 77 77
RH..............83 87 86 78 68 60 56 53 52 50 49 50
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 17 16 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4 2.4 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.3 3.4 2.4 1.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 5 7 14 22 28 29 28 25 23 21 17
LVORI...........5 5 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............3 5 8 21 46 119 133 135 73 59 43 27
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 2 18 52 98 110 113 110 78 48 23
FORECASTER...WILSON
REQUESTED BY...JASON HALLCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/30/26
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