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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SW VA...SE WV AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
351 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2012

.DISCUSSION...

COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION 
HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE 
WESTERN GULF COAST AREA. REGARDLESS...CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW STORMS 
BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE BEGINNING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE COMPARABLE TO THOSE EXPECTED DURING EARLY TO 
MID SUMMER AS THE UPPER RIDGE SETS IN...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGING 
FROM THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONTS...TO THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS 
THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A 
TROPICAL LOW SENDS ATLANTIC MOISTURE INTO OUR AREA MONDAY...AND A COLD 
FRONT APPROACHES OUR AREA FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

VAZ014-250945-
MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG
351 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2012

                      TONIGHT      FRI          FRI NIGHT    SAT          

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        
PRECIP TYPE           TSTMS        TSTMS        TSTMS        TSTMS        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     50           20           20           20           
MIN/MAX TEMP          57           86           57           86           
MAX/MIN RH %          100          42           100          47           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      E  5         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.09         0.01         0.01         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION       2            1            1            1            
PRECIP BEGIN          6 PM         10 AM        CONTINUING   10 AM        
PRECIP END            4 AM         CONTINUING   11 PM        6 PM         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)                 8140                      6670         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                SE  5                     E 12         
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)                 40700                     80040        
DISPERSION (EVENING)  VERY POOR                 VERY POOR                 
LAL                   3            3            2            3            
HAINES INDEX          3            4            3            4            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 51 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 59 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
MINIMUM RH 45 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 43 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

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