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

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO OUR AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST 
OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY WILL
BRING AN INCREASE 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.

WVZ042-260845-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
937 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

                      TONIGHT      SUN          SUN NIGHT    MON          

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         SHOWERS      
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            30           
MIN/MAX TEMP          43           68           41           76           
MAX/MIN RH %          79           31           84           35           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR      NW  6        LGT/VAR      SW  5        
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION                                              2            
PRECIP BEGIN                                                 6 AM         
PRECIP END                                                   CONTINUING   
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)                 5920                      6250         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 13                     W  9         
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)                 76960                     56250        
DISPERSION (EVENING)  POOR                      VERY POOR                 
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
HAINES INDEX          2            2            3            3            
ADI EARLY             70 GOOD      63 GOOD      48 GEN GOOD  14 GEN POOR  
ADI LATE              3 VERY POOR  60 GEN GOOD  2 VERY POOR  31 FAIR      
MAX LVORI EARLY       2            3            3            4            
MAX LVORI LATE        3            1            4            2            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
MINIMUM RH 41 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 46 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 43 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS
IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 76 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.

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