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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...UPDATED
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1027 PM EDT Thu Jul 25 2024

.DISCUSSION...
A stationary front over the Mid Atlantic region will provide   
the focus for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms 
this afternoon. A secondary front moves across Thursday night,
with lesser coverage for showers and storms by Friday. Low 
precipitation chances over the weekend, until later Sunday. 
Afternoon minimum relative humidities will drop to the 40% to 50%
by Sunday, though closer to 70% over the southern Blue Ridge.

NCZ005-260815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
1027 PM EDT Thu Jul 25 2024

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      Showers      None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            20           10           0            
Min/Max Temp          67           83           65           85           
Max/Min RH %          99           61           97           50           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NE  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NE  4        Lgt/Var      E  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.01         0.01         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1            1                         
Precip Begin                       12 PM        Continuing                
Precip End                         Continuing   12 AM                     
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4230                      6030         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE 13                     NE  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 54990                     18090        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         10 Poor      41 Gen Good  45 Gen Good  41 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  60 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  43 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            10           6            8            
Max LVORI Late        10           3            8            2            
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
Haines Index          3            3            3            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper
80s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
67 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Minimum RH 58 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows around 70. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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