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FNUS71 KRNK 071405
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR CALDWELL FIELDS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
905 AM EST WED JAN 7 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0000 EST ON JANUARY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A WEAK COLD FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING, THOUGH NO
RAIN IS EXPECTED. ELEVATED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON DECREASE BY SUNSET
TONIGHT, WITH GUSTS UNDER 10 MPH TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL
BE IN THE LOW 30S. HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS CONDITIONS DRY FOR THURSDAY, WITH
NO CHANCE OF RAIN. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT, WITH GUSTS OF 10-15 MPH POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AS CLOUDS INCREASE. MINRH VALUES ON THURSDAY WILL
BE AROUND 40%. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD, RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES.
CLOUDS KEEP LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 40S, THOUGH NO RAIN IS
EXPECTED UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 TO 5.
TIME (EST) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........11 18 22 26 36 31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............39 38 38 37 37 36
RH..............88 88 89 88 88 87
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..W W W W W NW
MIXNG WIND SPD..5 6 8 9 10 9
LVORI...........6 6 6 5 5 6
ADI.............2 3 3 4 5 4
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 2 3 4 4 4
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 1 TO
2 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 TO 12.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 28 23 33 32 33 40 49 58 65 72 76
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 36 37 42 48 53 58 61 62 62 60 57
RH..............85 83 80 70 60 50 42 38 38 40 44 50
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW W W S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 7 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.1
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
MIXNG WIND SPD..6 3 2 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 6 6
LVORI...........4 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............6 4 2 1 1 3 6 11 12 11 9 9
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.2 1 1 0 1 2 5 9 9 9 8 7
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 TO 3.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........79 80 78 76 73 72 72 74 76 78 81 83
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............54 51 49 49 48 48 47 47 48 48 49 49
RH..............56 61 65 68 71 74 77 79 80 81 81 83
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
MIXNG WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5
ADI.............3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.5 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
FORECASTER...BURROUGHS
REQUESTED BY...WILLIAM BRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528502.0/RNK
.DELDT 01/07/26
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.EMAIL WILLIAM.BRIMM@USDA.GOV
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