Fire Weather Forecast - Floyd County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
315 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

.DISCUSSION...

A weak, mainly dry, cold front will cross the area late tonight. 
Winds will shift to the northwest behind the front and will be 
gusty at times Thursday. Humidity minimums are expected to 
dip into the 20 to 30 percent range during the afternoon. 

Another, much stronger front will cross our area Friday bringing
some showers and storms, followed by cooler weather for the weekend.

VAZ017-180830-
Floyd-
Including the city of Floyd
315 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           0            0            70           
Min/Max Temp          54           76           52           71           
Max/Min RH %          88           33           83           57           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  9 G21    NW  9 G19    NW  4        S  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W 10 G21     NW  9 G17    SE  3        SW  6        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.08         
Precip Duration       0                                      4            
Precip Begin          6 PM                                   8 AM         
Precip End            8 PM                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5670                      4600         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 20                     W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 113400                    69000        
Dispersion            Excellent                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         41 Gen Good  63 Good      71 Good      54 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          11 Poor      107 Very Good1 Very Poor  64 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            2            5            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            4            2            
LAL                   2            1            1            3            
Haines Index          4            4            5            5            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Minimum RH 40 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Cooler. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 58 percent. West
winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows around
40. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 60s.
Minimum RH 48 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 45 percent. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Above normal temperatures and near normal rainfall.