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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SW VA...SE WV AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
951 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A DEPARTING 
DEEP UPPER LOW ACROSS THE NORTHEAST U.S. WILL BRING SOME WIND
GUSTS OVER 25-30 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY.

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD EASTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL U.S. 
INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC FOR THE LATER HALF
OF THE 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...MANILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MOUNTAINS...BY MID-WEEK.

WVZ043-252100-
SUMMERS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINTON...HIX
951 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      SUN          

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR       
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            
MAX/MIN TEMP          67           37           66           
MIN/MAX RH %          25           87           32           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) NW  8        LGT/VAR      NW  5        
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION                                              
PRECIP BEGIN                                                 
PRECIP END                                                   
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4360                      4870         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   NW 21                     NW 14        
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)    91560                     68180        
DISPERSION (EVENING)               POOR                      
LAL                   1            1            1            
HAINES INDEX          5            3            4            
ADI EARLY             38 FAIR      54 GEN GOOD  30 FAIR      
ADI LATE              57 GEN GOOD  4 VERY POOR  51 GEN GOOD  
MAX LVORI EARLY       9            2            5            
MAX LVORI LATE        1            4            1            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH
42 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
MINIMUM RH 50 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 47 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. MINIMUM RH 46 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

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