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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
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.DELDT 04/27/24
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.EMAIL Jholguin@blm.gov