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FNUS71 KRNK 271013
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR WALLACE TRACT FIELDS RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
513 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EST ON FEBRUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
PATCHY FOG WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING, BUT WILL
DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE, AND SIMILARLY FOR SATURDAY
MORNING. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY, WITH
TEMPERATURES TRENDING WARMER EACH DAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL BE HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON THAN SATURDAY, NEAR 50% TODAY AND
IN THE 30% RANGE TOMORROW, BUT RECOVERING TO 90% OR ABOVE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
LIGHT NORTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS TODAY, LESS THAN 10 MPH. A
LITTLE STRONGER WINDS TOMORROW, BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON, SO MORE DRYING EXPECTED TOMORROW THAN TODAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (20800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 TO 27.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........41 47 44 33 27 21 28 13 11 10 9 12
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............33 32 33 38 43 46 50 52 53 53 53 53
RH..............97 99 98 90 79 69 59 53 52 49 49 50
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE S S S SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.7 3.8 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.2 3.6
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N NW W W W W W
MIXNG WIND SPD..3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 6
LVORI...........8 9 9 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............3 3 3 4 5 8 13 19 21 24 27 25
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.1 1 2 3 4 7 11 17 19 21 24 21
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER
3 AM.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 TO 4.
TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........18 19 32 65 68 73
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 43 40 39 38 38
RH..............59 77 84 86 91 95
20 FT WIND......S 2 S 1 S 1 SW 1 SW 1 SW 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 5 6 6 6
MIX HGT (FT)....1900 500 500 500 500 500
MIXING WIND......S 7 S 8 SW 7 SW 7 SW 7 W 8
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 8
ADI.............3 4 3 3 3 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.13 4 4 3 3 4
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (54100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 70 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........51 35 14 6 2 2
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............38 38 48 58 63 64
RH..............97 96 71 48 38 37
20 FT WIND......SW 2 SW 2 W 2 W 3 W 3 W 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 8 10 10 10
MIX HGT (FT)....500 700 1400 3800 5300 6000
MIXING WIND......W 7 W 7 W 7 W 9 W 12 W 10
LVORI...........7 6 3 1 1 1
ADI.............6 7 12 43 67 69
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.4 5 10 35 58 62
FORECASTER...SAVA
REQUESTED BY...AARON STROBEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604122.2/RNK
.DELDT 02/27/26
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