Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
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Spot Forecast for Bald Mountain...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
647 PM EST Thu Nov 13 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 EST on November 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Mainly clear skies tonight and Friday with lighter winds.
RH recovery tonight is fair, but expect another afternoon of
RH in the 20-25 percent. An approaching front may bring
a few showers Friday night into Saturday night but not
expecting much. Winds will also pick up again
by Saturday night into Sunday.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 36.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 4.
TIME (EST) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5 4 7 13 14 4 7 2 2 2 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............43 42 41 40 39 38 38 37 36 36 36
RH..............43 48 49 51 54 56 59 61 62 63 63
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mixng wind dir..W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW
Mixng wind spd..9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
VRate mph-ft/1K.5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 6 to 15 mph shifting to the west 8 to
16 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (38000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 early in the morning increasing to 54 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 2 10 17 15 14 18 20 17 12 16 28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............36 36 38 44 48 52 56 58 59 59 58 55
RH..............64 65 60 48 41 34 28 26 24 23 25 32
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..2 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT wind gust.6 5 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.2 1.8 2.1 2.6 2.8 3.2 2.0 0.8
Mixng wind dir..W W W NW NW W W W W W W W
Mixng wind spd..6 6 8 10 13 15 16 16 15 14 12 8
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
ADI.............6 6 8 12 20 33 42 52 54 54 30 9
VRate mph-ft/1K.2 2 3 9 16 26 33 41 44 44 23 7
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
rain after 3 am.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent increasing to 20 percent after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph
overnight, then becoming light early in the
morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 3 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 to 6.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........29 41 36 40 43 46 48 51 50 48 47 45
Weather cov..... SCH SCH
Weather type.... RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20
Temp............53 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
RH..............36 42 46 49 52 56 61 67 71 74 77 81
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
20 FT wind gust.11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mixng wind dir..SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
Mixng wind spd..6 3 3 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
ADI.............2 2 2 2 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5
VRate mph-ft/1K.2 1 2 3 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy (55-90 percent). Slight chance of
rain early in the morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......20 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the late
morning and afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph with gusts
to around 18 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 7 to 12 mph increasing to 23 to 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (76600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 71 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44 42 47 53 58 69 79 90 87 83 80 77
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
Temp............50 51 53 56 59 61 63 65 65 65 64 62
RH..............84 84 81 75 70 66 62 60 59 60 62 64
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 14 16 17 17 17 17 17 18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.9
Mixng wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Mixng wind spd..7 8 12 17 22 25 29 30 29 26 24 23
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 8 17 26 38 51 63 71 66 58 51 43
VRate mph-ft/1K.5 6 13 23 37 54 72 88 79 68 56 43
$$
Forecaster...Perry
Requested by...Brian Borden
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 11/13/25
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.EMAIL jselby@blm.gov,vavic@firenet.gov,brian.theiler@usda.gov