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Spot Forecast for Huckleberry Knob...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
318 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 EDT on April 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A wedge of high pressure will keep low clouds and occasional rain
showers or drizzle in the area through Saturday. Dry conditions
and very warm temperatures return for the end of the weekend and
remain into much of next week. Chances for rain increase Tuesday
with a frontal passage. Additional scattered showers and
thunderstorms will be possible, mainly in the afternoon hours each
day for the remainder of the work week.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Patchy fog.
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 11 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East around 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................12.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      5AM
Sky (%).........89
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
Temp............47
RH..............86
20 FT wind dir..E
20 FT wind spd..11
20 FT wind gust.13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3
Mixng wind dir..E
Mixng wind spd..14
LVORI...........4
ADI.............12
Haines index....3
VRate mph-ft/1K.18

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 13 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (37400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 to 43.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........86     85     84     74     71     64
Weather cov.....PATCHY
Weather type....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............46     46     46     49     53     55
RH..............87     80     81     74     66     64
20 ft wind......E 11   E 10   E 10   E 9    SE 9   SE 8
20 ft wind gust.       11     12     12     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....1300   1300   1700   1900   2600   2800
Mixing wind......E 14   E 13   E 14   E 14   SE 15  SE 14
LVORI...........4      3      3      3      3      1
ADI.............12     19     24     26     33     43
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3
VRate mph-ft/1K.17     16     24     27     38     39

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the late evening and overnight.
                    Chance of rain showers after 3 am.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent increasing to 30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 13 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (38200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (8300 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................11 to 35.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........72     85     81     89     92     91
Weather cov.....              S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      10     20     20     20     30
Temp............55     52     50     50     50     48
RH..............66     75     80     81     82     87
20 ft wind......SE 9   SE 10  SE 10  SE 11  SE 11  SE 11
20 ft wind gust.11     11     11     12     14     14
Mix hgt (ft)....2900   1200   800    900    1000   1100
Mixing wind......SE 15  SE 14  SE 13  SE 14  SE 14  E 14
LVORI...........3      4      4      4      4      4
ADI.............35     12     11     12     12     12
Haines index....3      3      3      3      2      2
VRate mph-ft/1K.44     16     10     13     14     16

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the morning, then slight
                    chance of rain showers late in the morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......30 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 10 to 13 mph shifting to the south
                    around 12 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (24200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................11 to 31.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........92        100       86        78
Weather cov.....CHANCE    CHANCE    S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30        30        20        10
Temp............48        48        53        59
RH..............90        90        79        68
20 FT wind......SE 11     SE 6G11   SE 6G11   S 7G13
Mix hgt (ft)....1100      1100      1700      2300
Mixing wind......SE 13     SE 12     S 10      S 12
LVORI...........5         5         3         3
ADI.............11        15        22        31
Haines index....2         3         3         3
VRate mph-ft/1K.14        12        17        26

$$

Forecaster...Hanes
Requested by...Jesse Holguin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/26/24
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.EMAIL Jholguin@blm.gov