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FNUS71 KRNK 191014
FWSRNK

Spot Forecast for Tri-County...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
614 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Noticeable increase in RH and clouds today as a front tracks into
and through the area. A few showers are possible this morning
between 10am-1pm, then again later this afternoon/early evening.
A few cloud to ground lightning strikes possible as well mainly
with the activity this afternoon.

Winds light/variable will shift to the south after 9am.
A turn more toward the southwest and west expected by
dusk. OVerall 20 foot winds will be under 10 mph, except
some gustiness near showers/storms.

Saturday is dry and with more sun and min RH dropping to
around 30 percent.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming mostly
                    cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers early in the morning, then chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the
                    morning, then increasing to 50 percent
                    in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    south late in the morning. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 2 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 to 18.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........83  92  90  91  100 84  76  63  80  79
Weather cov.....        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        CHC CHC CHC SCH
CWR.............10  10  20  20  20  30  40  40  50  40
Temp............56  57  59  62  63  64  65  66  67  67
RH..............76  73  69  66  64  62  60  59  59  55
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   6   7   8   10  10  11  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.1 1.5 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.7 2.4
Mixng wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Mixng wind spd..5   6   7   8   7   6   5   3   2   2
LVORI...........4   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   3
ADI.............6   8   14  18  13  15  12  10  8   6
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   4   4   3   3   3
VRate mph-ft/1K.4   7   11  14  13  12  10  8   7   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to Mostly cloudy (40-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
CWR (0.01 in).......40 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 8 to 9 mph with gusts to around 16
                    mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 2 to 3 mph shifting to the northwest 3 to
                    7 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 6.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........75     52     58     53     47     76
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............40     30     10     10     0      0
Temp............66     61     58     55     53     51
RH..............61     71     82     90     90     82
20 ft wind......SW 6   SW 6   W 6    NW 6   NW 6   NW 8
20 ft wind gust.10     10     10     11     12     14
Mix hgt (ft)....1500   600    900    600    600    900
Mixing wind......SE 2   S 3    SW 3   W 2    W 2    NW 6
LVORI...........3      3      5      6      6      4
ADI.............5      2      2      3      2      5
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3
VRate mph-ft/1K.4      2      3      2      1      5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 11 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 5 to 7 mph increasing to west 17 to
                    21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (97000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (106300
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 92 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........60     53     44     34     29     34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............49     51     53     56     59     60
RH..............78     67     53     40     32     28
20 ft wind......NW 8   NW 8   NW 8   NW 9   W 10   W 11
20 ft wind gust.16     14     12     14     14     17
Mix hgt (ft)....800    1100   2700   4100   5300   5700
Mixing wind......N 7    N 6    W 5    W 7    W 14   W 20
LVORI...........4      3      2      2      1      1
ADI.............6      8      14     26     58     86
Haines index....3      4      4      4      4      4
VRate mph-ft/1K.6      6      11     29     72     112

$$
Forecaster...Perry
Requested by...Chris Schultz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410777.4/RNK
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL christopher.schultz@usda.gov

FNUS71 KRNK 191025
FWSRNK

Spot Forecast for Blue Panther...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
625 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 EDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
More clouds today with scattered showers/few storms. Front
moves across this evening, with south winds turning west.
Poor vent rates today into tonight. Dry weather expected
Saturday with better mixing, lower RH and more sun.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to Mostly cloudy (40-80 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
CWR (0.01 in).......40 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 5 to 8 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 2 to 5 mph shifting to the northwest
                    3 to 10 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 9.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........73  48  55  77  65  58  50  44  55  58  69  70
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH CHC SCH
CWR.............40  40  30  20  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  65  62  60  59  57  55  54  53  52  51  50
RH..............64  68  73  77  82  86  88  88  86  83  79  76
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.10  10  11  10  10  13  13  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.1
Mixng wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  N
Mixng wind spd..3   5   5   3   3   2   2   3   5   7   9   10
LVORI...........3   3   3   4   5   6   6   6   5   4   4   4
ADI.............8   3   3   3   2   2   2   3   4   6   8   9
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4
VRate mph-ft/1K.6   5   4   3   2   2   2   3   3   6   10  11

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 5 to 9 mph increasing to west 17 to
                    22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (101200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (111300
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 97 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........56     42     36     26     22     33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............49     51     54     57     60     61
RH..............75     64     50     38     30     29
20 ft wind......NW 8   NW 8   NW 8   NW 9   W 9    W 10
20 ft wind gust.14     16     12     13     14     16
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   1200   2800   4100   5400   5700
Mixing wind......NW 9   NW 5   W 6    W 9    W 15   W 21
LVORI...........4      3      2      1      1      1
ADI.............8      7      18     45     64     89
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4
VRate mph-ft/1K.9      6      15     38     82     116

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming northwest around
                    5 mph overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 15 to 23 mph shifting to the north 6
                    to 13 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (91000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3900 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................90 early in the evening decreasing to 3 late in
                    the night.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........39     40     49     57     62     65
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............58     53     49     46     44     42
RH..............33     41     48     54     58     61
20 ft wind......W 9    NW 7   NW 5   NW 4   NW 5   NW 4
20 ft wind gust.14     12     7      6             5
Mix hgt (ft)....4600   2200   1900   1700   1400   1000
Mixing wind......W 23   NW 21  NW 15  NW 12  N 12   N 8
LVORI...........1      2      2      2      3      3
ADI.............90     14     10     8      8      5
Haines index....4      3      3      3      2      2
VRate mph-ft/1K.105    45     30     21     17     9

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 2 to 3 mph shifting to the west 5 to
                    10 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (47400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 44 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........64           67           72
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10           10           10
Temp............41           46           54
RH..............64           52           36
20 FT wind......NW 3G5       W 4G6        W 6G8
Mix hgt (ft)....1200         3900         5400
Mixing wind......N 3          W 5          W 9
LVORI...........3            2            1
ADI.............2            24           39
Haines index....2            3            4
VRate mph-ft/1K.5            20           50

$$
Forecaster...Perry
Requested by...Adam Christie
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410688.12/RNK
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Adam.christie@usda.gov

FNUS71 KLWX 191037
FWSLWX

Spot Forecast for Mills RX...USFS
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
637 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Low ceilings may spill over the Blue Ridge this morning with
poor smoke dispersion expected. Chances for showers will increase
this afternoon and evening as low pressure tracks well to the north,
although rain amounts will likely be less than one quarter inch,
with a possibility of no rain at all. There is a slight chance
of a thunderstorm as well.

A cold front will move through late tonight into Saturday morning,
ushering in gusty WNW winds with some gusts in the 20-30 mph
range on Saturday. Minimum RH values will be near or below 30
percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the afternoon. Isolated
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 50 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    possible near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (14200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  85  79  85  92  92  88  88  86  85
Weather cov.....                    SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                    ISO
CWR.............0   10  10  10  10  30  40  50  40  40
Temp............55  56  58  59  61  62  64  64  66  66
RH..............86  83  77  78  72  72  67  70  65  65
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   8   8   8   7   7   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  12  12  12  12  13  13  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   5   5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   8   8   7   7   7   7   8   8   8
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   10  12  10  9   8   7   7   7
Haines index....4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   8   11  14  13  11  10  8   8   8
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
                    evening, then isolated rain showers overnight.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 20 percent late
                    in the evening decreasing to 10 percent
                    overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 4 mph overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 8 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 6 to 7 mph overnight. Gusty and
                    erratic winds possible near thunderstorms in
                    the early evening.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 6 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (800 knot-ft).
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........87     75     71     70     64     66
Weather cov.....SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD        ISOLTD
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
CWR.............40     30     20     10     20     10
Temp............67     64     62     60     57     54
RH..............63     73     75     81     86     90
20 ft wind......S 8    S 7    SW 6   W 6    NW 7   N 7
20 ft wind gust.12     12     9      9      9      10
Eye level wind..S 5    S 4    SW 4   W 4    NW 4   N 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.7      7      5      5      5      6
Transport wind..S 7    S 7    S 6    SW 6   SW 6   NW 5
Haines index....2      2      2      2      2      3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7      4      2      2      2      1
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 7 mph shifting to the
                    west 7 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 7 mph shifting to the west
                    12 to 14 mph in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 16 mph shifting to the west 18
                    to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (104300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 6 or very low to high potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........62     53     42     39     42     35
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10     10     0      0      0
Temp............54     54     58     62     66     67
RH..............80     71     57     43     32     29
20 ft wind......N 7    N 8    NW 9   NW 12  W 13   W 14
20 ft wind gust.10     13     15     17     20     22
Eye level wind..N 4    N 5    NW 5   NW 7   W 8    W 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.6      8      9      10     12     13
Transport wind..NW 8   NW 12  NW 9   W 10   W 16   W 20
Haines index....3      3      4      4      5      6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5      19     26     41     77     104
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   VYGD

$$
Forecaster...Snyder
Requested by...Christopher Schultz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411298.1/LWX
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Christopher.schultz@usda.gov

FNUS71 KRNK 191044
FWSRNK

Spot Forecast for Blue Panther...USFS
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
644 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
More clouds today with scattered showers/few storms. Noticeable increase
in RH as a front tracks into and through the area. A few showers are
possible between 10am-1pm, then again later this afternoon/early evening.
A few cloud to ground lightning strikes possible as well mainly
with the activity this afternoon. Front moves across this evening,
with south winds turning west. Poor vent rates today into tonight.

Dry weather expected Saturday with better mixing, lower RH and more sun.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers through the day. Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR (0.01 in).......10 percent increasing to 30 percent late in
                    the morning increasing to 50 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 3 to 6 mph shifting to the south
                    around 3 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 to 11.
Haines Index........3 to 6 or very low to high potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63  76  83  93  97  99  79  55  70  82  89
Weather cov.....        SCH CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            CHC CHC CHC SCH
CWR.............10  10  20  30  30  20  40  40  40  50  40
Temp............54  55  57  59  60  61  62  66  67  68  68
RH..............71  73  73  72  71  68  68  60  60  55  57
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   4   5   5   6   6   7   8   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.4   6   6   7   7   10  10  11  10  11  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.0
Mixng wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
Mixng wind spd..3   5   6   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........4   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   3   3
ADI.............4   5   7   10  10  9   11  11  10  10  9
Haines index....6   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   3   3   3
VRate mph-ft/1K.2   4   6   9   10  9   9   10  9   9   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to Mostly cloudy (40-80 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
CWR (0.01 in).......40 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 5 to 8 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 2 to 5 mph shifting to the northwest
                    3 to 10 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 9.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........73     55     65     50     55     69
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC  CHANCE
CWR.............40     30     10     10     0      0
Temp............67     62     59     55     53     51
RH..............64     73     82     88     86     79
20 ft wind......SW 6   SW 6   W 6    NW 7   NW 8   NW 8
20 ft wind gust.10     11     10     13     14     14
Mix hgt (ft)....1500   900    700    800    600    1100
Mixing wind......S 3    SW 5   SW 3   W 2    NW 5   NW 9
LVORI...........3      3      5      6      5      4
ADI.............8      3      2      2      4      8
Haines index....3      3      3      3      4      4
VRate mph-ft/1K.6      4      2      2      3      10

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........3028 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 5 to 9 mph increasing to west 17 to
                    22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (101200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (111300
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 97 in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........56     42     36     26     22     33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............49     51     54     57     60     61
RH..............75     64     50     38     32     28
20 ft wind......NW 8   NW 8   NW 8   NW 9   W 9    W 10
20 ft wind gust.14     16     12     13     14     16
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   1200   2800   4100   5400   5700
Mixing wind......NW 9   NW 5   W 6    W 9    W 15   W 21
LVORI...........4      3      2      1      1      1
ADI.............8      7      18     45     64     89
Haines index....4      4      4      4      4      4
VRate mph-ft/1K.9      6      15     38     82     116

$$
Forecaster...Perry
Requested by...Adam Christie
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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