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Spot Forecast for Boarding house...USDA USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1117 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 EDT on June 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front crossing the region today will bring a return of
showers and thunderstorms, especially this afternoon and
evening.

The most likely time for thunderstorms is 3pm through 8PM,
although isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible
anytime this morning.

Warm and humid weather is expected through the end of
the week. A chance of thunderstorms remain in the forecast for
Thursday through Saturday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). A chance of
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR (0.01 in).......increasing to 40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 14 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........49  45  54  39  40  42  67
Weather cov.....SCH     SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
Weather type....         RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH     SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
CWR.............20  10  20  20  20  20  40
Temp............76  82  83  84  84  85  84
RH..............70  55  48  46  47  45  47
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.10  10  11  10  11  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...    4.1 4.9 5.5 6.0 5.9 5.3
Mixng wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
Mixng wind spd..16  16  16  15  15  16  15
Haines index....4   4   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening and overnight.
                    Chance of showers through the night.
CWR (0.01 in).......50 percent decreasing to 30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 6 mph becoming light. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 7 to 12 mph decreasing to 2 to 3 mph early
                    in the evening, then shifting to the northwest
                    2 to 5 mph overnight.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........74     82     73     89     88     92
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
CWR.............50     50     50     50     50     40
Temp............81     75     71     68     66     65
RH..............52     66     76     85     86     87
20 ft wind......W 6    NW 5   W 5    W 4    W 4    NW 3
20 ft wind gust.10     7      7      6      6      5
Mix hgt (ft)....4200   300    300    600    300    300
Mixing wind.....NW 12  W 3    W 2    NW 3   NW 5   N 3
Haines index....5      5      5      4      3      3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of showers
                    early in the morning, then slight chance of
                    showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms late in
                    the afternoon.
CWR (0.01 in).......30 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........1  to 3 mph variable direction in
                    the morning shifting to the northeast
                    around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........87     69     45     34     23     14
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............30     20     20     20     20     20
Temp............65     68     72     76     79     80
RH..............88     85     73     60     51     47
20 ft wind......NW 4   NW 3   NW 4   NW 4   NW 4   NW 4
20 ft wind gust.6      6      6      6      7      7
Mix hgt (ft)....300    600    1900   3200   4600   5100
Mixing wind.....NE 2   SE 1   N 0    SE 1   NE 5   E 5
Haines index....3      4      4      4      4      4

$$
Forecaster...Silverman
Requested by...Samuel Urffer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416736.0/RNK
.DELDT 06/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Samuel.urffer@usda.gov