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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SW VA...SE WV AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
339 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO OUR AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST 
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY WILL
BRING AN INCREASING IN CLOUDINESS...HOWEVER NO MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
SUNDAY WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE
...BUT WINDS WILL ONLY BE 5-15 MPH.

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD EASTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL U.S. 
INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC NEXT WEEK.
MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD INTO THE
REGION FROM THE WEST BY MID-WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO
THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE MONDAY...WITH A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MOUNTAINS...BY MID-WEEK.

NCZ001-260845-
ASHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON
339 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

                      TONIGHT      SUN          SUN NIGHT    MON          

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLDY        
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         SHOWERS      
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            20           
MIN/MAX TEMP          41           67           46           71           
MAX/MIN RH %          80           38           81           48           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)NW  6G17     LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR      NW  6        LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION                                              1            
PRECIP BEGIN                                                 8 AM         
PRECIP END                                                   6 PM         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)                 6370                      6940         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 10                     SW 10        
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)                 63700                     69400        
DISPERSION (EVENING)  POOR                      VERY POOR                 
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
HAINES INDEX          4            4            3            3            
ADI EARLY             56 GEN GOOD  36 FAIR      41 GEN GOOD  33 FAIR      
ADI LATE              5 VERY POOR  40 FAIR      1 VERY POOR  39 FAIR      
MAX LVORI EARLY       2            3            3            4            
MAX LVORI LATE        3            1            4            2            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS AROUND 80. MINIMUM RH 50 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 75 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL.  PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL.