Fire Weather Forecast - Patrick County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
258 PM EDT Sun Jun 17 2018

.DISCUSSION...

Upper level ridging will continue to build into the area
through early next week bringing a period of mainly dry but hot
weather into Tuesday. A frontal boundary approaches from the 
north by midweek resulting in better chances for showers and 
storms Wednesday and Thursday.

VAZ032-180915-
Patrick-
Including the city of Stuart
258 PM EDT Sun Jun 17 2018

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud cover           PCldy        MClear       MClear       MClear       
Precip type           Tstms        Showers      None         Tstms        
Chance precip (%)     20           20           0            20           
Min/Max Temp          69           93           69           95           
Max/Min RH %          89           45           96           45           
Wnd20ft2min/Early(mph)Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Wnd20ft2min/Late(mph) Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  4        
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip duration       0            1                         0            
Precip begin          6 PM         11 AM                     2 PM         
Precip end            9 PM         6 PM                      6 PM         
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 7420                      6820         
Transport wnd (mph)                NW  8                     NW 10        
Vent rate (mph-ft)                 59360                     68200        
Dispersion(evening)   VERY POOR                 VERY POOR                 
LAL                   2            2            1            3            
Haines Index          4            3            4            4            
ADI early             38 FAIR      33 FAIR      32 FAIR      62 GOOD      
ADI late              3 VERY POOR  54 GEN GOOD  2 VERY POOR  59 GEN GOOD  
Max LVORI early       3            5            4            6            
Max LVORI late        4            1            6            1            

REMARKS...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs around 90.
Minimum RH 52 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper
80s. Minimum RH 55 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely
and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in
the mid 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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