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Spot Forecast for Bald Mountain...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
539 PM EST Wed Nov 12 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1817 EST on November 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

West winds will gradually ease up this evening, but expect
at least a breeze at times to 20 mph.

Aside from high clouds Thursday, looking at sunshine with
west to northwest winds picking up again after 8-9am. A
few gusts 20 to 30 mph possible through the day. RH will
drop as low as 30 percent. Friday looks just as dry but
winds will lighter. May see some wetting rain with a front
Sunday, but pattern overall looks to stay dry into early
next week.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent) then becoming partly
                    cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 23 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 8 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 to 11.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   1   2   3   3   3   3   7   27  29  27  31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............52  49  48  47  47  43  42  41  40  40  40  39
RH..............39  45  46  46  46  51  51  54  56  58  57  63
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   9   10  10  10  9   8   8   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.17  17  18  18  18  17  23  22  22  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7
Mixng wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Mixng wind spd..16  12  10  12  13  13  12  10  10  9   9   8
LVORI...........2   3   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............11  8   10  10  11  8   8   7   7   6   6   5
VRate mph-ft/1K.18  12  10  11  12  10  11  10  9   8   7   5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph with gusts to around
                    28 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 8 to 15 mph increasing to northwest 22 to
                    30 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (89700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 102 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  27  19  11  7   1   13  23  21  9   11  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  39  40  43  46  49  51  52  52  53  51  49
RH..............65  62  62  55  49  44  38  35  35  33  35  38
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.21  20  22  23  22  22  27  27  25  22  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.3 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.1 1.4
Mixng wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Mixng wind spd..8   9   15  23  29  30  29  28  28  28  26  22
LVORI...........3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............8   10  25  61  89  102 102 98  99  97  100 40
VRate mph-ft/1K.5   7   19  51  82  99  103 100 101 98  81  31

$$
Forecaster...Perry
Requested by...Brian Borden
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2525478.5/RNK
.DELDT 11/12/25
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