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Spot Forecast for BCB Test...National Weather Service
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
237 PM EDT Thu May 22 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on May 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

This is a test... only a test.
It is a windy day in the Burg.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 15 mph with gusts to around
                    30 mph.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West around 32 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (169800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................141 to 150.

TIME (EDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  12  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   10
Temp............64  64  63
RH..............47  46  46
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.29  29  29
Mix hgt (kft)...6.4 6.4 6.3
Mixng wind dir..W   W   W
Mixng wind spd..32  32  31
LVORI...........1   1   1
ADI.............150 146 141
VRate mph-ft/1K.209 204 195

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-55 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 32 mph
                    decreasing to 22 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 21 to 30 mph shifting to the northwest 17
                    to 21 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (75000 knot-ft) decreasing to good
                    (33800 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing
                    to fair (15100 knot-ft) after midnight.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................130 early in the evening decreasing to 12 late
                    in the night.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........12     37     42     39     42     45
Weather cov.....              S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10     20     20     0      0
Temp............61     56     52     49     48     46
RH..............49     59     69     75     80     83
20 ft wind......W 14   W 10   W 8    W 8    W 7    W 7
20 ft wind gust.26     19     18     18     17     17
Mix hgt (ft)....5400   1400   1100   1400   1300   1100
Mixing wind.....W 30   W 28   NW 21  NW 17  NW 18  W 20
LVORI...........1      1      3      4      4      4
ADI.............130    31     19     12     16     17
VRate mph-ft/1K.165    39     23     24     24     21

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20
                    mph.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 23 to 29 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (30700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (127900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................26 early in the morning increasing to 124 in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........46        37        24        14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............46        49        55        60
RH..............83        73        52        41
20 FT wind......W 7G17    W 9G20    W 9G19    W 10G19
Mix hgt (ft)....1500      3200      4900      6100
Mixing wind.....W 23      NW 29     NW 28     W 26
LVORI...........4         3         1         1
ADI.............26        96        115       121
VRate mph-ft/1K.35        93        138       165

$$
Forecaster...Manuel
Requested by...Phil M.
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2514527.0/RNK
.DELDT 05/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL phillip.manuel@noaa.gov