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Spot Forecast for Roanoke River...North Carolina Forest Service
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1005 AM EST Tue Nov 18 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 EST on November 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service at 757-899-5734.

.DISCUSSION...
Today will be mostly sunny with winds generally southeast at less
than 5 mph. Transport winds will also remain less than 10 mph
leading to poor smoke dispersal today. Minimum Relative Humidity
values will be around 30 percent this afternoon. A weak low
pressure system will pass across the region tonight bringing a
chance for rain showers overnight, but a wetting rain is not expected.
Decreasing clouds and warmer on Wednesday with higher minimum
relative humidity values around 50 percent.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8740 mph-ft).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................11 to 16.

TIME (EST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  16  27  37  44  50
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  61  61  61  59  56
RH..............35  32  32  31  36  42
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.5   3   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.3
Transp wind dir.SE  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   6   7   7
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............13  14  15  16  15  11
Vrate mph-ft/1K.10  11  11  12  11  8
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers overnight.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2760 mph-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 to 5.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........57  64  64  64  65  67  70  77  80  84  87  91
Weather cov.....                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  30  30  30  30  30
Temp............53  49  48  47  47  47  46  45  45  46  46  46
RH..............50  61  65  68  71  74  76  82  86  89  93  100
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   2   3   3   3   3   3   2   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   10  12  12
LVORI...........2   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   5   6   6   9
ADI.............3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5
Vrate mph-ft/1K.5   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming mostly
                    sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of rain showers
                    early in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the north 8
                    to 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (27369 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................8 to 34.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89  86  68  49  33  28  24  19  18  17  17  17
Weather cov.....CHC
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  48  52  56  60  64  66  68  68  68  66  64
RH..............100 100 93  83  75  65  58  52  52  52  56  60
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   NW  NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  10  12  14  15  14  10  9   8   8   8   9
LVORI...........7   8   5   4   3   1   1   1   2   2   2   2
ADI.............11  8   13  21  29  34  34  33  27  24  22  18
Vrate mph-ft/1K.4   4   9   15  21  26  27  26  21  19  17  14
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...DUTTER
Requested by...Ron Winterburn
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2526253.0/AKQ
.DELDT 11/18/25
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.EMAIL d7opsrm@ncagr.gov