Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
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FNUS71 KRNK 072123
FWSRNK
Spot Forecast for Bald Mountain...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
423 PM EST Fri Nov 7 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EST on November 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Southwest wind will weaken tonight. RH recovery will be better ahead
of a front. Some wetting showers possible at 7 PM, but overall
amounts will average a tenth of an inch, if that.
Saturday looks dry with sunshine and light winds.
Turning colder by Sunday night, with limited chance for showers
during the day Sunday. Winds picking up next week with much below
normal temperatures early in the week, then warming after Tuesday.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) Rain showers
likely overnight.
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent early this evening increasing to
80 percent around 7 PM. Rain chance decrease
to under 10 percent by sunrise.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around
18 mph shifting to the west overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 7 to 16 mph decreasing to 5 to 6 mph
overnight, then shifting to the west around 5
mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 to 19.
TIME (EST) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........81 86 92 93 89 94 93 92 86 74 72 53 44
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC DEF DEF LKY CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 20 30 40 80 80 70 50 30 10 0 0
Temp............59 58 55 55 54 55 54 54 54 54 54 53 51
RH..............60 66 74 75 76 79 82 86 87 88 88 88 89
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..10 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.13 18 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 14 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mixng wind dir..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
Mixng wind spd..16 13 10 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
LVORI...........2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
ADI.............19 12 7 8 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2
VRate mph-ft/1K.14 7 6 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 6 to 14 mph shifting to the southwest
around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (46600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 early in the morning increasing to 64 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........32 26 9 26 45 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............51 51 56 61 63 62
RH..............86 86 71 53 46 46
20 ft wind......NW 4 NW 4 W 4 W 4 W 4 W 3
20 ft wind gust.12 12 12 11 10 10
Mix hgt (ft)....600 800 1800 3200 4100 2500
Mixing wind......W 6 W 8 W 9 W 13 W 13 W 9
LVORI...........5 5 3 1 1 2
ADI.............6 8 22 50 64 29
VRate mph-ft/1K.4 6 17 41 54 23
.SATURDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers overnight.
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent increasing to 20 percent overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 1 to 5 mph shifting to the north late
in the evening, then shifting to the northwest
1 to 2 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (0 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................0 to 2.
TIME (EST) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........17 19 44 57
Weather cov..... S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 20
Temp............56 50 48 47
RH..............57 68 74 77
20 FT wind......W 2G6 W 2G6 W 2G6 SW 2G6
Mix hgt (ft)....500 300 300 300
Mixing wind......S 5 N 0 W 1 NW 2
LVORI...........3 4 4 4
ADI.............2 0 1 1
VRate mph-ft/1K.2 0 0 1
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers early in the morning, then chance
of rain showers.
CWR (0.01 in).......20 percent increasing to 30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph with
gusts to around 20 mph in the late morning and
early afternoon, then shifting to the west
around 8 mph with gusts to around 22 mph late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 2 to 6 mph increasing to 24 to 26 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (76500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (71800
knot-ft) in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 111 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51 51 51 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 50 52
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Temp............47 47 50 54 57 60 62 62 61 59 56 53
RH..............80 79 75 69 63 57 52 50 50 52 55 59
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..1 2 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.6 10 11 13 16 18 19 20 20 20 21 22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 1.0 1.6 2.2 3.5 4.7 6.0 5.3 4.6 3.9 3.3
Mixng wind dir..NW W W W W W W W W W W W
Mixng wind spd..2 2 2 3 6 12 18 24 26 26 25 25
LVORI...........5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 2 3 7 16 49 75 108 111 104 93 63
VRate mph-ft/1K.1 1 2 5 13 40 88 145 138 120 98 83
$$
Forecaster...Stonefield
Requested by...VA-VAF Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2525272.5/RNK
.DELDT 11/07/25
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