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Spot Forecast for Taylor Hollow...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
115 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on July 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light easterly to southeasterly winds continue through tonight.
Widespread low clouds, drizzle, and scattered light showers will
also continue tonight and into much of the overnight hours.
Another chance for scattered showers tomorrow morning. Most of
the rain will remain to the south, and any rain that reaches as
far north as the incident will likely be less than 0.10 inch
total, with rain ending by sunrise Saturday. Typical summertime
showers and thunderstorms return possibly by Monday night, more
likely on Tuesday. Until then, cooler than normal temperatures
will persist through the weekend, with winds holding below 10 mph.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (28200 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................34.

TIME (EDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10
Temp............72
RH..............67
20 FT wind dir..SE
20 FT wind spd..4
20 FT wind gust.6
Mix hgt (kft)...3.1
Mixng wind dir..SE
Mixng wind spd..10
LVORI...........3
ADI.............34
VRate mph-ft/1K.32

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
                    showers early in the evening. Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent increasing to 30 percent early in
                    the evening, then increasing to 40 percent late
                    in the evening increasing to 50 percent
                    overnight decreasing to 40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 24.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........88     73     81     85     81     83
Weather cov.....       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     30     40     50     50     40
Temp............71     68     66     65     63     62
RH..............70     74     76     78     86     92
20 ft wind......SE 4   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   E 2
20 ft wind gust.7      6      6      6      6      5
Mix hgt (ft)....1900   700    700    500    700    400
Mixing wind......SE 10  SE 9   SE 8   SE 6   E 5    E 5
LVORI...........3      4      5      5      5      7
ADI.............24     4      3      3      2      2
VRate mph-ft/1K.19     7      6      3      3      2

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers
                    and patchy fog early in the morning.
CWR (0.01 in).......30 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 1 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 to 16.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........66     74     65     60     70     63
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RN/FG  NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30     20     10     10     0      0
Temp............61     62     65     67     70     72
RH..............100    97     89     84     79     75
20 ft wind......SE 2   E 2    E 2    E 2    SE 2   S 2
20 ft wind gust.4      4      4      4             4
Mix hgt (ft)....500    700    1600   2400   2600   2200
Mixing wind......E 6    NE 7   NE 7   NE 5   NE 1   N 1
LVORI...........9      6      5      4      4      4
ADI.............2      7      14     13     4      5
VRate mph-ft/1K.3      5      10     10     3      4

$$

Forecaster...Hanes
Requested by...Lindsey Curtin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617252.19/RNK
.DELDT 07/24/26
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.EMAIL lindsey.curtin@usda.gov,brent.foltz@usda.gov,jacob.johnson2@usda.gov,james.collett@usda.gov,martin.angelo@usda.gov