Fire Weather Forecast - Stokes County, NC

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
315 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

.DISCUSSION...

A weak, mainly dry, cold front will cross the area late tonight. 
Winds will shift to the northwest behind the front and will be 
gusty at times Thursday. Humidity minimums are expected to 
dip into the 20 to 30 percent range during the afternoon. 

Another, much stronger front will cross our area Friday bringing
some showers and storms, followed by cooler weather for the weekend.

NCZ004-180830-
Stokes-
Including the city of Danbury
315 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Clear        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          56           86           54           81           
Max/Min RH %          82           25           79           45           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  7 G17    W  3         Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4         NW  6        Lgt/Var      SW  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.06         
Precip Duration                                              2            
Precip Begin                                                 8 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7400                      4400         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 13                     W  9         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 96200                     39600        
Dispersion            Fair                      Poor                      
Max ADI Early         54 Gen Good  50 Gen Good  59 Gen Good  19 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  96 Good      2 Very Poor  45 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            4            2            4            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            3            2            
LAL                   2            1            1            3            
Haines Index          4            5            5            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 39 percent.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Cooler. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 50 percent. East
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 44 percent. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower
70s. Minimum RH 41 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 35 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Above normal temperatures and near normal rainfall.