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Spot Forecast for Wades Gap  Fire...VA DOF
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
231 PM EST Thu Jan 30 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EST on January 31.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A warm front lifts into the region late tonight, followed by a
cold front Friday. This will bring widespread rain through
Friday evening. High pressure will move in for the weekend.

Rainfall amounts around 0.50 inches are expected by Saturday
morning.


.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain.
CWR (0.01 in).......80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 24
                    mph.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 7 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest 8
                    to 9 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........96     97     96     91     90     88
Weather cov.....DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
Weather type....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............80     60     50     50     50     70
Temp............43     45     50     54     57     56
RH..............97     93     84     79     78     81
20 ft wind......S 6    S 6    SW 7   SW 8   SW 9   SW 9
20 ft wind gust.17     17     18     19     18     18
Mix hgt (ft)....400    400    700    1100   1300   1400
Mixing wind.....S 7    S 12   SW 17  SW 20  SW 15  SW 8

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Rain showers
                    likely in the evening, then slight chance of
                    rain showers overnight.
CWR (0.01 in).......70 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 8 mph after 3 am. Gusts up to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 8 to 13 mph.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........99  100 99  98  96  76  55  34  32  30  28  31
Weather cov.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RN  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............70  60  40  40  30  30  20  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............53  52  52  51  50  50  49  48  47  47  46  45
RH..............85  84  80  78  76  76  77  77  79  79  80  82
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.17  17  17  17  17  17  18  18  18  19  20  19
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
Mixng wind dir..W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Mixng wind spd..12  13  12  9   8   8   8   9   10  10  12  13

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around
                    18 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 14 to 22 mph shifting to the north 6
                    to 12 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........34  37  38  40  41  41  40  40  32  25  17  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............44  44  44  46  47  49  50  51  52  53  52  50
RH..............82  82  80  77  74  69  64  60  57  55  55  59
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   5   4
20 FT wind gust.18  17  16  16  14  14  12  11  10  10  8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.1
Mixng wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Mixng wind spd..14  15  17  21  22  21  17  14  12  9   7   6

$$
Forecaster...Silverman
Requested by...Charlie Rucker
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2501897.0/RNK
.DELDT 01/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL crucker@roanokecountyva.gov