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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SW VA...SE WV AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
344 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

.DISCUSSION..

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH 
PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH OVERNIGHT AND 
THURSDAY...RESULTING IN SOMEWHAT DRIER WEATHER INTO THE END OF THE 
WEEK. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

VAZ035-200845-
AMHERST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST
344 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2013

                      TONIGHT      THU          THU NIGHT    FRI          

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       MCLEAR       
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
MIN/MAX TEMP          59           83           56           84           
MAX/MIN RH %          100          47           99           44           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR      SE  5        LGT/VAR      E  5         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION                                                           
PRECIP BEGIN                                                              
PRECIP END                                                                
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)                 6500                      4980         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                SE  7                     E  9         
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)                 45500                     44820        
DISPERSION (EVENING)  VERY POOR                 VERY POOR                 
LAL                   3            1            1            1            
HAINES INDEX          3            3            4            5            
ADI EARLY             22 FAIR      13 GEN POOR  26 FAIR      22 FAIR      
ADI LATE              1 VERY POOR  31 FAIR      1 VERY POOR  49 GEN GOOD  
MAX LVORI EARLY       6            10           5            10           
MAX LVORI LATE        8            2            9            1            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. EAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 50 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM
RH 54 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

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