Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
082
FNUS71 KRNK 182027
FWSRNK

Spot Forecast for Brushy MY...Usfs
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
427 PM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 EDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High level clouds are forecast to push in late tonight into Saturday.
No precipitation is expected through tomorrow. Southwest winds will
decrease as sunset approaches and increase again after 9am Saturday,
but will not be as strong and gusty as they were today.

Temperatures will run 15F to 20F warmer than normal Saturday.

Minimum RH Saturday be near 25 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 8 mph with gusts to
                    around 18 mph.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest around 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (96800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................128 to 137.

TIME (EDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0
Temp............77  77
RH..............26  28
20 FT wind dir..SW  S
20 FT wind spd..8   8
20 FT wind gust.18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 5.1
Mixng wind dir..SW  SW
Mixng wind spd..22  22
LVORI...........1   1
ADI.............137 128
VRate mph-ft/1K.120 111

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around 18
                    mph in the evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 9 to 18 mph decreasing to 5 to 8 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (60600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................84 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in
                    the night.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........7   10  25  44  51  39  35  38  40  49  45  54
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  74  70  66  62  61  60  59  58  57  57  57
RH..............26  30  37  44  52  55  58  60  62  63  62  61
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   7   6   6   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   5
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  17  16  14  14  14  13  13  13  14
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mixng wind dir..SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Mixng wind spd..18  14  10  9   9   9   8   7   6   5   5   5
LVORI...........1   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............84  10  5   6   6   4   4   3   3   3   3   3
VRate mph-ft/1K.70  14  6   4   4   4   4   3   3   2   2   2

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to 26 to 29
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (88800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (110100
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 170 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62  65  56  50  45  69  70  69  56  54  48  52
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............57  57  59  63  68  71  73  76  78  80  80  80
RH..............61  61  57  54  47  46  43  39  35  30  28  26
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.14  16  17  17  18  18  17  18  20  20  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.7 2.6 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.7 5.1 5.3
Mixng wind dir..W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   W
Mixng wind spd..5   5   6   10  15  20  22  23  24  26  29  29
LVORI...........3   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   4   6   15  34  57  75  84  93  108 170 122
VRate mph-ft/1K.2   2   3   11  26  50  74  89  102 127 147 152

$$
Forecaster...Stonefield
Requested by...Samuel urffer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511028.0/RNK
.DELDT 04/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL samuel.urffer@usda.gov