Fire Weather Forecast - Carroll County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
217 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Isolated showers and a few thunderstorms will dissipate this 
evening. Increasing chances of daily showers and thunderstorms are
expected beginning Monday through at least midweek as a slow-
moving cold front approaches from the west. Minimum afternoon RH 
values will be relatively high for much of the week, but may drop 
to 35% for the mountains on Sunday.

VAZ016-210830-
Carroll-
Including the city of Galax
217 PM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            20           20           0            
Min/Max Temp          56           79           58           83           
Max/Min RH %          100          65           100          50           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.07         0.03         0.00         
Precip Duration                    0            0                         
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing                
Precip End                         Continuing   10 PM                     
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4430                      5760         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  8                     NW  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 35440                     28800        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         12 Poor      11 Poor      10 Poor      9 Poor       
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  29 Fair      2 Very Poor  35 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       10           9            8            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           4            8            3            
LAL                   1            2            2            1            
Haines Index          3            4            4            5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
87 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
83 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
75 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 70 percent. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 73 percent. South
winds around 5 mph.

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