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Spot Forecast for Maxey Burn...DOF
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
737 AM EDT Tue Oct 27 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on October 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds today will remain light at around 5 mph or less throughout
the day today. These winds will predominantly remain out of the
northeast today. Temperatures this morning will remain cool in
the upper 30s to low 40s at the burn location, but should increase
into the low 70s by this afternoon when mixing heights reach their
maximum of around 3800 ft. Minimum RH values also look to remain
ideal today with lowest values dropping into the upper 40% range
by peak mixing this afternoon. Overall, there are no fire weather
concerns at the burn location today.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Patchy fog early in the
                    morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph
                    late in the morning, then becoming light late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North 3 to 6 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to
                    12 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (26400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 to 37.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   3   0   1   1   3   1   2   4   2
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............43  48  57  63  67  69  70  71  71  70
RH..............97  89  69  61  55  51  50  49  50  53
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E
20 FT wind spd..1   2   3   5   5   5   4   4   3   3
20 FT wind gust.5   6   6   10  10  8   7   7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.2 1.8 2.5 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.4
Mixng wind dir..NW  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   NE  NE
Mixng wind spd..3   6   9   12  12  10  8   7   6   5
LVORI...........8   5   3   2   1   1   1   1   2   2
ADI.............3   6   14  26  35  37  34  32  27  21
VRate mph-ft/1K.1   3   11  20  28  30  28  27  23  17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 2 to 5 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................1 to 5.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9   4   8   12  9   22  23  28  27  34  42  56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  60  57  55  53  52  51  50  49  48  47  46
RH..............59  72  81  88  92  95  97  100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..E   E   NE  E   E   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..2   2   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   5   4   5   4   4   4   4   4   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5
Mixng wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Mixng wind spd..5   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........3   3   5   6   7   8   8   10  10  10  10  10
ADI.............5   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
VRate mph-ft/1K.3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 2 to 6 mph shifting to the southeast 3 to
                    7 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (18700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 to 28.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65  74  55  82  82  72  67  61  70  64  77  77
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............46  46  46  49  55  59  63  65  67  68  67  66
RH..............100 100 100 100 87  76  67  63  59  57  59  61
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..1   0   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.5   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.3 2.2
Mixng wind dir..NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE
Mixng wind spd..3   5   6   5   3   2   2   3   5   6   7   7
LVORI...........10  9   9   9   5   4   3   2   2   2   2   2
ADI.............2   5   4   5   6   5   7   11  19  26  28  20
VRate mph-ft/1K.1   2   3   5   4   4   6   10  16  21  22  15

$$
Forecaster...Bunker
Requested by...Shane Burgess
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624647.0/RNK
.DELDT 10/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL richard.burgess@dof.virginia.gov