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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.
VAZ034-232045-
BEDFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD
445 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
TODAY TONIGHT FRI
CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 80 50 0
MAX/MIN TEMP 78 55 71
MIN/MAX RH % 58 82 28
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR LGT/VAR NW 9G20
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR W 6 NW 13G23
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.47 0.05 0.00
PRECIP DURATION 8 3
PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING 6 AM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4660 6070
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SW 8 N 32
VENT RATE (MPH-FT) 37280 194240
DISPERSION (EVENING) POOR
LAL 5 3 1
HAINES INDEX 3 3 4
ADI EARLY 18 GEN POOR 20 GEN POOR 74 GOOD
ADI LATE 21 FAIR 20 GEN POOR 100 GOOD
MAX LVORI EARLY 5 4 3
MAX LVORI LATE 3 4 1
REMARKS...NONE.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 28 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH 35 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH
53 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION NEAR NORMAL.
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