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Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
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671 FNUS71 KRNK 192257 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for Fore Mountain RX...US Forest Service National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 657 PM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on April 21. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... High pressure will dominate the weather pattern for the Mid- Atlantic through the weekend, with a warm southwesterly wind bringing well above average temperatures through Sunday. The next chance of rain is late Monday when a cold front crosses the area. The front is expected to stall to our south, keeping unsettled weather possible through the week. Please note that many of the requested variables are not available past Monday. Any that are not available will be indicated as missing by the use of "M" or "MISSING." .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of showers late in the afternoon. CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to 9 mph with gusts to around 17 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southeast 6 to 14 mph shifting to the south 16 to 17 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (87100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 91 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........76 68 59 51 50 48 47 46 44 43 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 Temp............62 65 68 71 73 74 76 77 78 79 RH..............78 68 58 51 47 44 40 38 35 34 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 20 FT wind gust.8 10 11 12 14 14 16 16 17 16 Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.7 2.3 3.0 3.8 4.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 Mixng wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S Mixng wind spd..6 6 6 6 7 9 12 14 16 17 LVORI...........4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............7 11 14 18 33 51 73 91 72 76 VRate mph-ft/1K.6 9 12 17 28 44 65 81 94 100 .MONDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). A chance of showers. CWR (0.01 in).......20 percent increasing to 50 percent. Min temperature.....Around 58. Max humidity........81 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 9 mph with gusts to around 16 mph shifting to the west around 7 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL early in the evening. Mixing winds........South 9 to 16 mph early in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....Good (57900 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (7900 knot-ft) late in the night early in the evening. LVORI...............2 early in the evening. ADI.................8 to 45 early in the evening. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........51 68 70 67 59 72 Weather cov.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ CWR.............20 40 40 40 50 50 Temp............77 73 69 66 64 63 RH..............36 42 51 59 66 71 20 ft wind......SW 9 SW 8 SW 7 W 7 W 8 W 7 20 ft wind gust.16 14 14 14 14 13 Mix hgt (ft)....4200 1000 M M M M Mixing wind......S 16 S 9 M M M M LVORI...........1 2 M M M M ADI.............45 8 M M M M VRate mph-ft/1K.67 9 M M M M .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Chance of rain showers. CWR (0.01 in).......50 percent decreasing to 40 percent early in the morning. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 6 mph. Mixing height.......MISSING. Mixing winds........MISSING. Smoke dispersal.....MISSING. LVORI...............MISSING. ADI.................MISSING. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........77 73 68 63 61 61 Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ CWR.............50 40 40 40 40 40 Temp............60 61 65 69 71 73 RH..............77 73 61 49 39 34 20 ft wind......W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 20 ft wind gust.12 11 12 12 12 11 Mix hgt (ft)....M M M M M M Mixing wind......M M M M M M LVORI...........M M M M M M ADI.............M M M M M M VRate mph-ft/1K.M M M M M M $$ Forecaster...Sleighter Requested by...Brent Foltz Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2511075.0/RNK .DELDT 04/19/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brent.foltz@usda.gov,adam.christie@usda.gov,joseph.jarrells@usda.gov