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FNUS71 KRNK 281913
FWSRNK
SPOT FORECAST FOR LICK MOUNTAIN RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
313 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 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.
NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DECREASE AND BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR
THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT THEY WILL TURN TOWARDS THE
SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MIXING
SHOULD IMPROVE ON SUNDAY WITH MIXING HEIGHTS APPROACHING 6000 FEET
ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (39900 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................54 TO 61.
TIME (EDT) 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0
TEMP............47 47
RH..............26 25
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 4.4
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW
MIXNG WIND SPD..12 10
LVORI...........1 1
ADI.............61 54
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.52 46
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 2 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 1
MPH IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (27100 KNOT-FT) IN THE EVENING DECREASING
TO POOR (500 KNOT-FT) OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 TO 37.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 4 4 7 5 3 5 5 11 16 23 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 42 38 35 33 31 29 27 26 26 25 24
RH..............28 31 39 45 50 54 58 63 66 67 67 70
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N N NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.10 7 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.8 2.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
MIXNG WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE E E
MIXNG WIND SPD..8 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
ADI.............37 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.31 15 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR (0.01 IN).......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 1 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
7 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400 KNOT-FT) IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO EXCELLENT (76200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................0 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 98 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 32 37 25 22 22 18 17 20 28 31 21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............25 24 25 31 38 45 50 55 59 60 61 61
RH..............69 71 70 59 48 39 34 30 27 25 25 25
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 5 6 7 10 12 12 13 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.9 2.5 3.4 4.4 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.8
MIXNG WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
MIXNG WIND SPD..1 1 2 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 15
LVORI...........4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............0 1 2 7 17 29 44 61 76 89 98 98
VRATE MPH-FT/1K.0 1 1 5 13 23 36 52 67 79 88 87
OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY APRIL 04 THROUGH FRIDAY APRIL 10
FORECASTER...BURROUGHS
REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN URFFER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608167.3/RNK
.DELDT 03/28/26
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