Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
414 FNUS71 KRNK 011527 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for Huckleberry Knob...USFS National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 1127 AM EDT Wed May 1 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 EDT on May 01. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Dry, high pressure will remain in control of the weather today and into Thursday with continued above normal temperatures. A weak cold front brings wet weather to the region Saturday and Sunday. Unseasonably warm temperatures and a daily threat of late day showers and thunderstorms continues early next week. Minimum RH values at the burn site look to be around 35 percent. Slightly drier conditions are expected Thursday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the afternoon becoming light. Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 2 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (34900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................17 to 49. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........5 5 4 4 3 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 Temp............72 74 74 73 74 RH..............44 40 39 39 37 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..6 5 5 4 4 20 FT wind gust.8 8 7 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...5.2 5.8 6.2 6.3 6.1 Mixng wind dir..N N NW NW NW Mixng wind spd..8 7 6 3 2 LVORI...........1 1 1 2 2 ADI.............45 49 41 29 17 Haines index....4 4 5 5 5 VRate mph-ft/1K.39 40 34 24 14 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 55. Max humidity........68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........West 1 to 3 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (500 knot-ft). LVORI...............3. ADI.................0 to 10. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........4 5 3 4 3 4 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............74 69 63 59 58 57 RH..............36 43 51 59 63 66 20 ft wind......NW 3 N 3 NW 3 NW 2 W 2 NW 2 20 ft wind gust.6 5 5 4 Mix hgt (ft)....5700 500 500 400 400 400 Mixing wind......W 1 W 1 W 2 W 3 W 3 W 3 LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 ADI.............10 1 1 2 2 2 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 VRate mph-ft/1K.8 1 1 2 1 1 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL. Mixing winds........West 2 to 5 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (26900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................2 to 37. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........4 3 3 2 7 6 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............57 59 70 77 81 83 RH..............67 66 50 39 32 28 20 ft wind......NW 3 NW 4 N 3 NE 3 S 5 S 5 20 ft wind gust.4 6 4 4 6 6 Mix hgt (ft)....400 300 3000 5100 6700 6700 Mixing wind......W 3 W 3 W 2 W 3 SW 5 SW 3 LVORI...........3 3 2 2 1 1 ADI.............2 3 9 19 37 31 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 VRate mph-ft/1K.1 1 7 15 31 26 $$ Forecaster...Hanes Requested by...Alex Orange Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2412315.7/RNK .DELDT 05/01/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL william.brimm@usda.gov,vavic@firenet.gov