Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
295 FNUS71 KRNK 302023 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for Huckleberry Knob...USFS National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 423 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on April 30. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... At the spot location, some shower and possible thunderstorm activity ahead and along a cold front has a greater chance of development now until about 8 PM EDT. Total rainfall amounts this evening could be a quarter to two thirds of an inch. Winds this evening look to be SW to west near 10 mph with possibly higher and gusty near any thunderstorms. Winds overnight should shift more NW near 10 mph. Expect mostly cloudy skies persisting into the overnight before scattering out near sunrise Wednesday. Dry high pressure and mostly clear skies follows for Wednesday and afternoon relative humidity looks to get down to the low 30s. Morning winds look to be NW near 8 mph then decrease slightly for the afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers and thunderstorms likely. CWR (0.01 in).......60 percent. Max temperature.....Around 73. Min humidity........49 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest around 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18100 knot-ft). LVORI...............2. ADI.................19. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 5PM Sky (%).........87 Weather cov.....LKY Weather type....RW Tstm cov........LKY CWR.............60 Temp............68 RH..............64 20 FT wind dir..SW 20 FT wind spd..9 20 FT wind gust.12 Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 Mixng wind dir..SW Mixng wind spd..9 LVORI...........2 ADI.............19 Haines index....4 VRate mph-ft/1K.21 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. CWR (0.01 in).......60 percent decreasing to 10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 54. Max humidity........94 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........West 8 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest 16 to 20 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16900 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (4700 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............4. ADI.................7 to 18. 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 (%).........89 89 71 87 59 52 Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CWR.............60 30 10 10 0 0 Temp............65 60 59 57 55 55 RH..............72 85 87 91 93 94 20 ft wind......W 9 NW 9 NW 8 NW 9 NW 8 NW 8 20 ft wind gust.13 11 11 11 10 10 Mix hgt (ft)....2300 700 500 500 600 500 Mixing wind......W 8 W 8 W 13 NW 16 NW 18 NW 20 LVORI...........3 4 5 5 5 5 ADI.............18 7 11 15 16 17 Haines index....4 4 3 3 3 4 VRate mph-ft/1K.19 6 6 9 10 9 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 7 to 16 mph decreasing to around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (45800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. ADI.................12 early in the morning increasing to 63 in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........41 27 11 2 2 3 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............55 55 61 67 72 74 RH..............91 89 68 49 36 32 20 ft wind......NW 8 NW 8 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 NW 6 20 ft wind gust.10 10 10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (ft)....500 900 2500 4000 5500 6000 Mixing wind......NW 16 NW 10 N 14 N 14 N 8 NW 7 LVORI...........5 5 1 1 1 1 ADI.............14 12 42 63 50 43 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 5 VRate mph-ft/1K.7 9 34 53 44 39 $$ Forecaster...Baker Requested by...Alex Orange Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2412315.6/RNK .DELDT 04/30/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL vavic@firenet.gov