Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
488 FNUS71 KRNK 260718 FWSRNK 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 .TAG 2412315.1/RNK .DELDT 04/26/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Jholguin@blm.gov