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Spot Forecast for Hall Tract...Virginia Department of Forestry
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
710 PM EDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 EDT on October 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Another warm day on Wednesday with highs reaching into the upper
60s and lower 70s again. Winds still remain out of the north,
but not as gusty as today. Min RH much lower into the 30 percent
range.

Drying pattern continues into Thursday with RH values falling into
the 20 percent range.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North 12 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (38900 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................54 to 70.

TIME (EDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   4   6   8   11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  72  73  74  73
RH..............52  46  44  43  43
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.12  11  11  11  10
Mix hgt (kft)...4.3 4.6 5.0 4.6 3.5
Mixng wind dir..N   N   N   N   N
Mixng wind spd..13  12  12  13  13
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............66  62  70  68  54
VRate mph-ft/1K.56  53  60  58  45

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming north around 5
                    mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North 5 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 24.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8   4   1   0   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  66  63  59  57  56  55  54  52  51  50  48
RH..............48  53  58  71  73  71  71  71  72  75  78  81
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  8   7   7   8   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mixng wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Mixng wind spd..10  7   5   5   6   7   7   6   6   6   6   6
LVORI...........2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   5
ADI.............24  3   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
VRate mph-ft/1K.18  4   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North 5 to 13 mph increasing to 13 to 15 mph
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (55600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 75 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   1   1   2   2   3   3   4   3   3   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  46  46  50  55  60  63  65  67  68  69  68
RH..............85  85  80  67  54  44  39  35  33  32  31  33
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  11  11  10  10  10  10  8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 2.3 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5
Mixng wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Mixng wind spd..6   5   6   9   13  15  15  15  14  14  14  13
LVORI...........5   5   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............2   5   6   16  36  59  69  73  75  74  73  67
VRate mph-ft/1K.3   2   3   12  28  48  57  61  64  63  62  57

$$
Forecaster...Gruver
Requested by...Jon A. Willoughby
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523584.0/RNK
.DELDT 10/14/25
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.EMAIL jon.willoughby@dof.virginia.gov