Fire Weather Forecast - Watauga County, NC

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
417 AM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

.DISCUSSION...
A stationary front will remain positioned along the southeast
Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico Coastline, for the remainder of this
week. High pressure will be situated from New England into the 
Central Appalachians. Our forecast area will remain primarily
influenced by the area of high pressure, resulting in little or
no rainfall.

NCZ018-042130-
Watauga-
Including the city of Boone
417 AM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip type           Showers      Showers      Tstms        
Chance precip (%)     20           20           30           
Min/Max Temp          73           54           76           
Max/Min RH %          53           97           55           
Wnd20ft2min/Early(mph)E  3         E  3         Lgt/Var      
Wnd20ft2min/Late(mph) E  5         Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip duration       0            0            1            
Precip begin          4 PM         Continuing   9 AM         
Precip end            Continuing   10 PM        Continuing   
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)    5220                      5760         
Transport wnd (mph)   NE  7                     SE  6        
Vent rate (mph-ft)    36020                     33120        
Dispersion(evening)                VERY POOR                 
LAL                   2            2            3            
Haines Index          4            3            4            
ADI early             18 GEN POOR  16 GEN POOR  11 POOR      
ADI late              26 FAIR      2 VERY POOR  23 FAIR      
Max LVORI early       7            5            8            
Max LVORI late        3            8            3            

REMARKS...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 58 percent. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the upper 70s.
Minimum RH 67 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs
in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 57 percent. West winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Minimum RH 56 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Minimum RH 62 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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