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 Eastern Divide Zone-
INCLUDING Blacksburg and New Castle
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            60           50           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          56           82           56           82           
Max/Min RH %          93           41           89           38           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  5 G17     SW  5 G19    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  7 G17     Lgt/Var      SW  6 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.13         0.18         0.04         
Precip Duration                    2            2            2            
Precip Begin                       7 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7300                      6800         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 15                     SW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 109500                    95200        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         40 Fair      54 Gen Good  43 Gen Good  53 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  90 Good      3 Very Poor  88 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            7            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 53 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly 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 mid
40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 50 percent. East winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 44 percent. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the lower 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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