Fire Weather Forecast - Wilkes County, NC

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
321 AM EDT Sun Jun 24 2018

.DISCUSSION...

Low pressure aloft will pass north of the region today into 
tonight allowing a weak surface boundary to shift south across 
the area by Monday. High pressure aloft will build over the 
eastern U.S. during the later half of the week resulting in 
hotter and humid conditions along with the threat of diurnally 
driven showers and storms.

NCZ019-242115-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
321 AM EDT Sun Jun 24 2018

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud cover           PCldy        PCldy        PCldy        
Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance precip (%)     20           20           50           
Min/Max Temp          89           64           84           
Max/Min RH %          53           97           59           
Wnd20ft2min/Early(mph)W  4         W  4         Lgt/Var      
Wnd20ft2min/Late(mph) W  8         Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.07         
Precip duration       1            1            2            
Precip begin          6 AM         Continuing   6 AM         
Precip end            Continuing   1 AM         Continuing   
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)    6030                      5600         
Transport wnd (mph)   W 20                      NW 26        
Vent rate (mph-ft)    120600                    145600       
Dispersion(evening)                POOR                      
LAL                   2            2            3            
Haines Index          3            3            3            
ADI early             33 FAIR      54 GEN GOOD  14 GEN POOR  
ADI late              81 GOOD      1 VERY POOR  70 GOOD      
Max LVORI early       5            4            7            
Max LVORI late        1            6            3            

REMARKS...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs around 80. Minimum
RH 66 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Minimum RH 64 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs around 90. Minimum RH
53 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the upper 80s.
Minimum RH 59 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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