Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA

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Spot Forecast for wildfire...ROANOKE COUNTY F&R
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
644 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 EDT on April 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Showers, moving across SE WV this evening, will stay north of the
area. We do not antipate any rain or lightning moving over the
immediate area until late Friday afternoon. Southwest winds will
diminish to under 10 mph after sunset. Relative humidities will
increase to greater than 80 percent overnight.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around
                    18 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 9 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7 to 14.

TIME (EDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........66  74  76  79  81  81  82  82  83  85  86
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............71  70  69  67  66  66  65  65  64  64  64
RH..............73  76  80  84  87  88  89  89  90  89  88
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..9   8   7   6   6   6   7   7   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.16  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Mixng wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW
Mixng wind spd..12  10  10  10  10  10  9   10  13  16  18
LVORI...........3   4   4   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
ADI.............10  7   9   9   9   9   9   9   11  14  12
VRate mph-ft/1K.9   9   7   7   9   9   8   7   9   11  11

$$
Forecaster...Stonefield
Requested by...BATTALLION CHIEF
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2508826.0/RNK
.DELDT 04/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dirvin@roanokecountyva.gov,khart@roanokecountyva.gov,ncrush@roanokecountyva.gov