Jefferson National Forest Presuppresion Forecast

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Experimental...Fire Weather Planning Forecast for VA Natl Forests
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Blacksburg VA
830 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

.DISCUSSION...

A nearly stationary front will be the focus for
mainly scattered showers and storms this afternoon
and again Thursday and Friday. Moisture increases
keeping RH values elevated. Best wetting rain 
chances will be in the mountains into Friday
and areawide Saturday as a cold front moves across.

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JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST Central Zone-
INCLUDING Warm Springs, James River, Glenwood, and Pedlar
830 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            50           40           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           40           40           
Min/Max Temp          58           83           58           83           
Max/Min RH %          87           42           84           36           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  5 G19     SW  5 G20    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  7 G19     Lgt/Var      SW  6 G20    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.13         0.13         0.02         
Precip Duration                    1            2            2            
Precip Begin                       8 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6720                      6760         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 16                      SW 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 107520                    87880        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         60 Gen Good  19 Gen Poor  61 Good      59 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  73 Good      5 Very Poor  82 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            2            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
45 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 52 percent. East winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around 50.
Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 46 percent. East winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 44 percent. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 

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

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