FNUS71 KRNK 152226 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for 26CR00474...VA Dept of Forestry National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 626 PM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 EDT on April 15. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... ...Above Normal Temperatures... Temperatures through Saturday are expected to remain well above normal. Dry weather is also expected to persist with only modest humidity recovery at night. Winds will subside for the overnight, but then pick back up again Thursday...becoming gusty during the afternoon. There is no significant chance of rain until Saturday night, and even then, rain amounts are expected to be a tenth of an inch or less. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-55 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 64. Max humidity........60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......900 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 3 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft). LVORI...............2. ADI.................2 to 5. TIME (EDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........17 23 30 44 39 44 50 47 48 50 51 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............85 82 80 77 75 74 73 71 70 69 68 RH..............29 29 31 36 41 43 45 47 47 48 50 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.10 7 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 4 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 Mixng wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W Mixng wind spd..10 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 5 5 3 LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.............5 3 3 5 4 5 5 3 2 2 2 VRate mph-ft/1K.11 6 6 6 7 7 6 5 4 3 3 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 90. Min humidity........26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL. Mixing winds........West 3 to 10 mph increasing to southwest 14 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (115900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................1 early in the morning increasing to 160 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........51 48 45 37 33 33 30 29 18 19 18 19 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............66 65 68 72 75 79 81 83 85 86 87 88 RH..............54 60 54 48 43 38 35 32 29 28 27 26 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 8 20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 0.9 1.8 3.1 4.0 5.3 6.3 7.3 7.8 8.3 8.6 Mixng wind dir..W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW Mixng wind spd..3 3 3 5 8 10 14 16 18 20 20 18 LVORI...........2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............1 3 4 12 30 50 80 112 142 160 101 160 VRate mph-ft/1K.3 3 3 9 23 42 70 102 133 153 165 159 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of showers overnight. CWR (0.01 in).......20 percent. Min temperature.....Around 65. Max humidity........74 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening, then becoming west around 5 mph or less for the overnight. Mixing height.......900 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west around 7 to 14 mph after midnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (79500 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (4000 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............2. ADI.................100 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 (%).........19 21 32 45 42 41 54 55 63 60 56 53 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 20 20 20 20 Temp............87 84 83 78 76 75 74 72 71 69 68 67 RH..............27 29 30 35 37 40 43 47 52 56 60 64 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..7 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.12 10 13 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...6.6 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Mixng wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W Mixng wind spd..14 9 6 5 6 8 13 17 20 16 12 7 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 ADI.............100 4 3 3 4 5 8 8 9 7 5 3 VRate mph-ft/1K.91 12 5 5 6 8 13 17 20 17 11 7 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of showers in the morning and early afternoon. CWR (0.01 in).......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 85. Min humidity........28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL. Mixing winds........West 7 to 14 mph shifting to the northwest 14 to 21 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (103100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 152 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........51 51 33 33 33 33 33 33 25 19 19 19 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 Temp............66 65 66 69 73 78 80 82 83 84 85 85 RH..............70 74 73 65 54 46 41 37 34 31 29 28 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.1 1.2 2.4 3.6 4.8 5.9 6.9 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.1 Mixng wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Mixng wind spd..7 8 10 14 18 21 21 18 16 15 15 14 LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............3 11 15 43 83 124 145 152 151 140 131 117 VRate mph-ft/1K.7 9 12 33 65 99 119 126 129 119 110 98 $$ Forecaster...Manuel Requested by...Marcek Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610479.0/RNK .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Lucas.Marcek@dof.virginia.gov