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Spot Forecast for Taylor Hollow...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
407 PM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 EDT on July 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A frontal boundary will remain situated over the Carolinas through
the weekend, and easterly flow will keep moisture across the
southern half of the area, though some drier air is working its way
into northern portions of the area. Showers will be confined mostly
south of the area today, but a few stray showers may develop over
the mountains. Chances for scattered showers and possible
storms increase Friday and continue through the weekend, with the
highest chances over the mountains. Plenty of cloud cover for the
next day or two and cooler air will keep temperatures below normal
through the weekend.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 2 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 to 22.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........31  27  33  27  24  32  41  27  35  40  55  48
Weather cov.....                                            PTY
Weather type....                                            FOG
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............71  69  68  66  65  64  63  62  62  61  61  61
RH..............65  68  71  75  76  78  79  79  79  81  80  79
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2
20 FT wind gust.6   7   7   6   5   5   5   4   4   5   5   6
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mixng wind dir..NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Mixng wind spd..6   6   6   5   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   6   6   4
ADI.............22  3   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
VRate mph-ft/1K.17  9   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 2 to 9 mph shifting to the east 10 to
                    15 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (41300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 early in the morning increasing to 61 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........50     46     68     50     72     76
Weather cov.....PATCHY
Weather type....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      10
Temp............60     63     66     69     71     72
RH..............81     79     78     71     67     66
20 ft wind......E 2    E 2    E 2    E 3    E 3    E 3
20 ft wind gust.6      6      6      7      7      6
Mix hgt (ft)....400    900    2300   3200   3800   3700
Mixing wind......NE 2   NE 6   E 13   E 15   E 12   E 10
LVORI...........5      4      3      3      1      1
ADI.............1      6      36     61     53     48
VRate mph-ft/1K.1      5      29     47     44     39

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers overnight. Chance of showers after 3
                    am.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent then 0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 2 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18800 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 to 27.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........69     86     75     87     86     87
Weather cov.....                            S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10     0      0      20     0
Temp............70     68     67     65     64     63
RH..............68     74     77     79     82     87
20 ft wind......SE 2   SE 2   SE 1   E 1    E 1    N 0
20 ft wind gust.6      6      5      5      5      4
Mix hgt (ft)....2200   500    500    400    400    400
Mixing wind......E 9    E 8    SE 6   SE 3   SE 2   E 3
LVORI...........3      3      4      4      5      6
ADI.............27     4      3      2      1      1
VRate mph-ft/1K.22     4      3      2      1      1

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers in the morning, then chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent increasing to 30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 3 to 5 mph shifting to the north in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 15.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........71        81        82        72
Weather cov.....          S CHC     S CHC     CHANCE
Weather type....NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                              S CHC
CWR.............0         20        20        30
Temp............62        64        68        71
RH..............88        91        84        76
20 FT wind......N 0G2     N 0G2     S 2G5     S 2G6
Mix hgt (ft)....500       1400      2300      2900
Mixing wind......NE 3      NE 5      NE 3      N 3
LVORI...........6         5         4         4
ADI.............2         8         10        14
VRate mph-ft/1K.2         6         8         12

$$
Forecaster...Gruver
Requested by...Lindsey Curtin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617252.18/RNK
.DELDT 07/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brent.foltz@usda.gov,lindsey.curtin@usda.gov,jacob.johnson2@usda.gov,james.collett@usda.gov,martin.angelo@usda.gov