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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.
VAZ014-260845-
MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACKSBURG
339 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013
TONIGHT SUN SUN NIGHT MON
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE NONE SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 0 20
MIN/MAX TEMP 39 71 42 74
MAX/MIN RH % 90 30 84 37
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)NW 6 LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR NW 5 LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PRECIP DURATION 0
PRECIP BEGIN 2 PM
PRECIP END 6 PM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 6440 6120
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) NW 14 W 9
VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 90160 55080
DISPERSION (EVENING) POOR VERY POOR
LAL 1 1 1 1
HAINES INDEX 3 3 3 3
ADI EARLY 68 GOOD 57 GEN GOOD 60 GEN GOOD 24 FAIR
ADI LATE 2 VERY POOR 64 GOOD 1 VERY POOR 44 GEN GOOD
MAX LVORI EARLY 2 4 3 4
MAX LVORI LATE 4 1 4 2
REMARKS...NONE.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 50 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 79 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL.
Site specific forecasts for wildfires and prescribed burns may be
obtained by contacting the National Weather Service in
Blacksburg, VA at (540) 552-0084 or by submitting a
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