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FNUS71 KRNK 281344
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR ONE MILE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
944 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AT THE BURN SITE,
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD FALL TO 25 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON.
WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 20 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY BEFORE FADING
TOWARDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE WINDS SHOULD STAY LIGHT
TONIGHT, THEY WILL TURN TOWARDS THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH
BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MIXING SHOULD BE EXCELLENT DURING BOTH
AFTERNOONS WITH MIXING HEIGHTS NOTABLY HIGHER ON SUNDAY COMPARED
TO TODAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (47300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (70100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................97 IN THE LATE MORNING, DECREASING TO 64 BY
LATE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........7 5 3 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
TEMP............33 40 45 47
RH..............50 38 30 26
20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 14 13
MIX HGT (FT)....3600 4000 4300 4400
MIXING WIND......N 22 N 20 NW 18 NW 15
LVORI...........1 1 1 1
ADI.............97 94 94 77
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.79 79 80 65
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH, BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (34800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (200 KNOT-FT) OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................DECREASING TO 0 OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........2 4 7 6 5 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............46 38 34 30 28 27
RH..............28 40 50 59 65 67
20 FT WIND......NW 4 NW 2 NW 1 N 1 NE 1 E 1
20 FT WIND GUST.10 6 4 2 2 2
MIX HGT (FT)....3700 700 400 300 300 300
MIXING WIND......NW 10 NW 7 NW 2 NW 1 NW 1 NW 1
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 4 4
ADI.............48 3 1 0 1 1
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.40 5 1 0 0 0
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING, BECOMING SOUTHWEST
12 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (100 KNOT-FT) IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (93600 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................INCREASING TO 119 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........36 39 35 31 28 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............26 27 39 52 59 62
RH..............71 71 49 32 27 25
20 FT WIND......S 1 SW 2 S 3 S 5 S 6 S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.2 5 8 12 14 14
MIX HGT (FT)....300 400 1600 3100 5100 5900
MIXING WIND......NW 1 S 1 SW 7 SW 12 SW 13 SW 16
LVORI...........4 3 2 1 1 1
ADI.............0 1 15 44 74 107
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.0 0 12 36 64 96
FORECASTER...WILSON
REQUESTED BY...PHILIP BRASS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/28/26
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