Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
347 FNUS71 KRNK 271734 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for Huckleberry Knob...USFS National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 134 PM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 EDT on April 27. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Dry weather is expected during the forecast period with occasional wind gusts to 20 MPH during the rest of the afternoon subsiding this evening. Minimum relative humidity values in the lower 40s will recover to the upper 80s tonight, but warmer temperatures and drier air Sunday will bring minimum humidity levels down to 30 to 35 percent by the afternoon with southwest winds 5 to 10 MPH. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 15 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (49600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (60700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............1. ADI.................62 to 77. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........32 33 38 47 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 Temp............71 71 72 72 RH..............47 45 43 44 20 FT wind dir..S S S S 20 FT wind spd..8 8 9 8 20 FT wind gust.14 14 16 14 Mix hgt (kft)...3.8 4.2 4.4 4.0 Mixng wind dir..S S S S Mixng wind spd..15 15 16 16 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 ADI.............69 76 62 77 Haines index....3 3 3 3 VRate mph-ft/1K.57 64 70 65 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 53. Max humidity........90 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 9 to 17 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 6 mph late in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....Good (50000 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2200 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............4. ADI.................58 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in the night. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........55 64 59 50 47 39 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............69 64 60 57 56 55 RH..............50 60 65 72 79 82 20 ft wind......S 8 S 8 S 7 SW 7 SW 7 SW 6 20 ft wind gust.14 12 12 11 11 10 Mix hgt (ft)....3400 700 500 600 600 600 Mixing wind......S 17 S 16 S 9 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 LVORI...........1 2 3 3 4 5 ADI.............58 14 8 4 4 3 Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 VRate mph-ft/1K.57 11 5 3 3 3 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 6 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (50600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............4. ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 64 in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........25 21 11 4 11 28 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............54 57 67 75 78 80 RH..............90 82 62 50 37 34 20 ft wind......SW 6 SW 5 SW 4 SW 4 SW 5 SW 6 20 ft wind gust.8 7 6 6 8 10 Mix hgt (ft)....500 700 2200 4800 6200 6400 Mixing wind......SW 6 SW 8 W 7 W 6 W 7 SW 8 LVORI...........6 4 3 1 1 1 ADI.............3 8 19 35 52 57 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 VRate mph-ft/1K.3 6 14 28 43 52 $$ Forecaster...Hysell Requested by...Jesse Holguin Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2412315.4/RNK .DELDT 04/27/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Jholguin@blm.gov