EXPERIMENTAL...FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR VA NATL FORESTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
535 AM EDT Sat May 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...

A DEEP UPPER LOW ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND THE ASSOCIATED
UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LIFT OUT OF THE REGION
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. CRITICAL RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.

VAZ023-024-035-252100-
JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST EAST ZONE-
INCLUDING...DEERFIELD...GLENWOOD...PEDLAR
535 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           40           70           
MIN/MAX RH %          24           74           27           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)NW  6        NW  7G19     LGT/VAR      
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) NW 11G21     LGT/VAR      LGT/VAR      
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION                                              
PRECIP BEGIN                                                 
PRECIP END                                                   
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    5420                      5570         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   NW 24                     NW 12        
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)    130080                    66840        
DISPERSION (EVENING)               FAIR                      
LAL                   1            1            1            
HAINES INDEX          5            5            5            
ADI EARLY             47 GEN GOOD  34 FAIR      24 FAIR      
ADI LATE              67 GOOD      4 VERY POOR  45 GEN GOOD  
MAX LVORI EARLY       6            2            3            
MAX LVORI LATE        1            3            2            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS AROUND 70. MINIMUM RH 38 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 49 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 

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

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