FNUS71 KRNK 191026 FWSRNK Spot Forecast for Price Rx Burn...NC Forest Service National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 626 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on March 19. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... .TODAY... Mixing looks fair at time of burn (11am) with increasing high clouds. RH values should drop to 35 to 40 percent this afternoon. Mixing becomes poor with inversion setting up by 7-8pm. More high clouds Friday but better mixing and RH falling around 35 percent. Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 2 to 7 mph shifting to the west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (22000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................2 to 30. TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........35 34 36 39 41 44 47 50 45 40 35 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............31 32 36 42 47 51 55 57 60 61 61 RH..............67 66 60 53 47 44 41 40 39 38 39 20 FT wind dir..N SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..0 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.2 2 4 4 5 6 6 7 6 7 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.8 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 Mixng wind dir..SW SW SW W W W W NW NW W W Mixng wind spd..2 2 3 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 ADI.............2 2 4 8 14 19 26 29 30 27 23 VRate mph-ft/1K.1 1 2 6 11 15 20 24 25 23 20 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). CWR (0.01 in).......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 37. Max humidity........92 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 3 to 5 mph shifting to the west around 2 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (700 knot-ft). LVORI...............4. ADI.................1 to 17. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........26 18 10 11 13 14 16 18 20 19 19 19 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............60 57 55 52 49 48 46 45 43 42 40 40 RH..............42 47 52 59 64 69 70 76 80 82 86 88 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW NW NW N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 FT wind gust.6 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 Mixng wind dir..W SW S S SW SW SW SW SW W W W Mixng wind spd..5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 ADI.............17 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRate mph-ft/1K.14 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $$ Forecaster...Perry Requested by...Jonathan Young Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606479.0/RNK .DELDT 03/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jonathan.young@ncagr.gov