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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
231 PM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025

.DISCUSSION...

...Dry Weather through Saturday...

Increasing high level clouds are forecast tonight into Friday 
morning...but no precipitation is expected. Increasing 
southwest winds will bring warming temperatures Friday and 
Saturday with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal 
for the weekend. No rain is forecast through Saturday.

A variance may be needed Friday and Saturday for higher 
elevation burns due to elevated wind speeds near the exposed 
ridgetops (gusts 20 mph). Dewpoints/humidity increase over the 
weekend.

Confidence is increasing for more widespread precipitation on
Monday.

NCZ005-180815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
231 PM EDT Thu Apr 17 2025

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          46           80           59           86           
Max/Min RH %          87           33           80           35           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      S  3         SW  7 G17    SW  7        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  9 G19    SW  6        SW  8 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5780                      4260         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 24                     SW 21        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 138720                    89460        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Good                      
Max ADI Early         18 Gen Poor  67 Good      82 Good      49 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  107 Very Good10 Poor      91 Good      
Max LVORI Early       2            5            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid
80s. Minimum RH 38 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Minimum RH 40 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs around 80. Minimum RH
44 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs around 80. Minimum
RH 46 percent. South winds around 5 mph.

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

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