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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.