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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SW VA...SE WV AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
445 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME
OF THESE SHOWERS DEVELOPING INTO THUNDERSTORMS WITH AFTERNOON
HEATING. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT FOR
MOST LOCATIONS. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE
THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR INTO
THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON ON AN 8 MB PRESSURE GRADIENT...WHICH WILL RESULT
IN NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM AROUND 30 MPH FOR MOST
LOCATIONS TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGELINES
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
VAZ010-232045-
BLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND
445 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
TODAY TONIGHT FRI
CLOUD COVER PCLDY CLOUDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE TSTMS SHOWERS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 80 40 40
MAX/MIN TEMP 78 48 61
MIN/MAX RH % 45 90 34
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR W 6 NW 11G27
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) W 7 NW 7G19 NW 15G29
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.22 0.09 0.03
PRECIP DURATION 7 2 2
PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING 4 PM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 6520 5020
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 16 NW 32
VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 104320 160640
DISPERSION (EVENING) POOR
LAL 4 3 1
HAINES INDEX 4 3 2
ADI EARLY 30 FAIR 49 GEN GOOD 95 GOOD
ADI LATE 73 GOOD 31 FAIR 97 GOOD
MAX LVORI EARLY 5 3 4
MAX LVORI LATE 1 4 1
REMARKS...NONE.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. MINIMUM RH 31 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 20 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. MINIMUM RH 41 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. MINIMUM
RH 58 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH
55 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 51 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION NEAR NORMAL.
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