Fire Weather Forecast - Buckingham County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
217 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Isolated showers and a few thunderstorms will dissipate this 
evening. Increasing chances of daily showers and thunderstorms are
expected beginning Monday through at least midweek as a slow-
moving cold front approaches from the west. Minimum afternoon RH 
values will be relatively high for much of the week, but may drop 
to 35% for the mountains on Sunday.

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Buckingham-
217 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           40           0            
Min/Max Temp          60           82           63           79           
Max/Min RH %          100          66           100          73           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      NE  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.11         0.07         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1            2                         
Precip Begin                       1 PM         Continuing                
Precip End                         Continuing   3 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4600                      2790         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  5                      SE  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 23000                     8370         
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         5 Very Poor  23 Fair      7 Poor       9 Poor       
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  30 Fair      2 Very Poor  12 Poor      
Max LVORI Early       9            10           7            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           3            9            5            
LAL                   1            3            3            1            
Haines Index          4            3            3            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum RH 81 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Minimum RH 82 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Minimum RH 78 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 73 percent. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 70 percent. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal.  Precipitation above normal.