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Spot Forecast for Devotion Hazard Reduction Burn...North Carolina Forest Service
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1130 AM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on March 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A storm system passing to our south may bring some clouds to the
area into Monday, with a few sprinkles possible. Otherwise
expecting dry conditions for the first half of the week with
moderating temperatures. Minimum relative humidity values Monday
should be in the low to mid 30s. Winds will be light and variable.


.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain early in the afternoon.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph late in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming north around 5
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 5 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (27700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 to 39.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........69  57  56  59  53  54  51  46  39
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  20  20  20  10  10
Temp............43  45  47  50  52  55  57  59  60
RH..............56  55  54  50  45  41  38  34  34
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.6   7   6   6   6   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.9 1.6 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.7 4.0
Mixng wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N
Mixng wind spd..5   6   6   7   7   8   8   9   8
LVORI...........3   3   2   2   2   2   2   1   1
ADI.............4   5   12  16  21  26  29  39  38
VRate mph-ft/1K.2   5   9   13  19  24  29  32  32

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast around 6 mph shifting to light and
                    southeast, then light southwest, then shifting
                    to the northwest 5 to 8 mph in the late evening
                    and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 to 19.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........33  28  23  19  14  10  9   7   6   5   5   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............57  55  52  51  50  48  47  46  46  45  44  44
RH..............37  40  45  47  49  52  52  53  54  55  57  58
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   4   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mixng wind dir..NE  SE  S   SW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Mixng wind spd..6   2   1   2   5   7   8   8   8   8   7   7
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
ADI.............19  1   1   1   2   3   3   4   4   3   3   3
VRate mph-ft/1K.16  4   0   1   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 6 to 13 mph shifting to the west 16
                    to 18 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (72100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 98 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   4   3   3   3   2   2   2   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  41  40  46  51  56  58  61  65  66  68  70
RH..............60  64  67  59  54  48  44  39  34  32  30  28
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   4   4
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  8   10  10  10  11  11  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.8 3.6 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5
Mixng wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Mixng wind spd..6   6   7   9   13  16  17  18  18  18  18  17
LVORI...........3   3   3   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............3   6   7   13  26  43  62  79  94  98  98  92
VRate mph-ft/1K.3   3   3   10  20  33  50  65  80  83  83  78

$$

Forecaster...Hanes
Requested by...Cody Mathis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505437.0/RNK
.DELDT 03/09/25
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