EXPERIMENTAL...FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR VA NATL FORESTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
638 PM EDT Tue Jun 18 2013

.DISCUSSION..
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFFSHORE TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND STORMS 
WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE RAIN MAY BE 
HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD 
NORTH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY RESULTING IN SOMEWHAT
DRIER WEATHER INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

VAZ018>020-WVZ044-190900-
JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST CENTRAL ZONE-
INCLUDING...WARM SPRINGS...JAMES RIVER...NEW CASTLE
638 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

                      TONIGHT      WED          WED NIGHT    THU          

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        
PRECIP TYPE           SHOWERS      SHOWERS      NONE         TSTMS        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     30           30           0            20           
MIN/MAX TEMP          57           76           56           78           
MAX/MIN RH %          100          55           91           51           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.05         0.02         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION       2            1                         0            
PRECIP BEGIN          6 PM         CONTINUING                2 PM         
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   6 PM                      6 PM         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)                 7170                      6980         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NE  3                     SW 10        
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)                 21510                     69800        
DISPERSION (EVENING)  POOR                      VERY POOR                 
LAL                   2            1            1            2            
HAINES INDEX          3            3            3            2            
ADI EARLY             99 GOOD      24 FAIR      15 GEN POOR  29 FAIR      
ADI LATE              10 POOR      28 FAIR      1 VERY POOR  35 FAIR      
MAX LVORI EARLY       5            6            5            8            
MAX LVORI LATE        5            3            7            2            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 57 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
5 MPH. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS AROUND 80. MINIMUM RH 55 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 56 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
MINIMUM RH 55 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
MINIMUM RH 55 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 

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

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