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Spot Forecast for Huckleberry Knob...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
429 AM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 EDT on April 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A strong low pressure system will track from the Central Plains to
the Great Lakes today and Monday while high pressure was off the
East Coast. This system will push and cold front through the region
on Tuesday bringing a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Temperatures will remain above normal through the middle of the
week.

Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected for
Wednesday and Thursday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph.Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to
                    10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (56700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 72 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........18     21     7      3      19     38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............54     58     65     70     74     76
RH..............91     80     65     53     44     41
20 ft wind......SW 6   W 5    SW 4   SW 4   SW 5   SW 6
20 ft wind gust.8      8      6      6      7      10
Mix hgt (ft)....500    600    2200   5000   6200   6600
Mixing wind.....SW 5   W 6    NW 6   W 6    SW 7   SW 9
LVORI...........6      4      3      1      1      1
ADI.............2      6      16     37     52     66
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4
VRate mph-ft/1K.2      3      12     29     43     61

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 6 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (51300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................68 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late in
                    the night.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........38     15     4      2      1      10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............76     71     68     65     63     61
RH..............42     52     58     64     68     70
20 ft wind......SW 6   SW 8   SW 7   SW 7   SW 6   SW 6
20 ft wind gust.11     13     12     12     11     10
Mix hgt (ft)....5100   800    600    600    500    500
Mixing wind.....SW 12  SW 13  SW 10  SW 7   SW 6   W 6
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      3      3
ADI.............68     8      7      5      4      4
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4
VRate mph-ft/1K.59     10     6      4      3      3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 6 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (48100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 63 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........15        6         0         3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............59        65        75        82
RH..............76        64        45        32
20 FT wind......SW 6G10   W 6G8     SW 6G10   SW 7G12
Mix hgt (ft)....500       1300      3900      5100
Mixing wind.....W 6       W 7       SW 9      SW 10
LVORI...........4         2         1         1
ADI.............3         11        42        60
Haines index....4         4         4         5
VRate mph-ft/1K.3         8         35        52

$$
Forecaster...Silverman
Requested by...Jesse Holguin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/28/24
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.EMAIL Jholguin@blm.gov