Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
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Spot Forecast for Scott From...VDOF
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
949 AM EDT Wed Sep 30 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on September 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Expect mostly sunny skies and ideal conditions for burning today.
Some high clouds will shift across the sky but abundant sunshine
will warm it well into the 80s sending RH values to around 40
percent between 2-4pm. Winds will be light and mainly out
of the southwest.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 6 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (36000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................11 to 47.
TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........5 27 47 34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
Temp............71 78 83 85
RH..............67 54 47 41
20 ft wind......S 1 SW 2 S 4 SW 4
20 ft wind gust.4 6 6 7
Mix hgt (ft)....1500 3900 5300 5700
Mixing wind......SW 6 SW 7 SW 7 SW 7
LVORI...........4 1 1 1
ADI.............11 34 42 47
VRate mph-ft/1K.8 28 37 41
$$
Forecaster...Perry
Requested by...Thomas
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 09/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Thomas.Orman@DOF.Virginia.Gov