Jefferson National Forest Presuppresion Forecast

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Experimental...Fire Weather Planning Forecast for VA Natl Forests
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Blacksburg VA
801 PM EDT Thu Apr 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure centered over Bermuda will maintain southwesterly
winds, and a more humid airmass over the region through Saturday. 
This pattern will lead to much warmer temperatures areawide that 
will run nearly 15-20 degrees above normal on the daytime and 
nighttime temperatures. Dewpoints will generally remain in the 
50s to 60s across the area through this time period, leading to 
minimum RH values in the 40-50% range through Saturday before 
much drier air filters into the region behind the passage of 
a cold front Saturday night into Sunday. This cooler and drier
airmass will return temperatures to near normal for this time 
of the year; however, RH values look to bottom out in the 20-30%
range each day next week starting on Monday. Gusty winds on Monday
and Tuesday up to 20mph next week may lead to some increased 
fire weather concerns; however, as they become more relaxed by 
Wednesday and Thursday, conditions look to be more favorable 
for burning. 


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VAZ007-010>014-018-022-023-WVZ044-030800-
JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST Eastern Divide Zone-
INCLUDING Blacksburg and New Castle
801 PM EDT Thu Apr 2 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          54           80           54           81           
Max/Min RH %          81           40           92           43           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  5 G19     Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  6 G20     
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.04         
Precip Duration                                              4            
Precip Begin                                                 8 AM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6300                      6060         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  9                     S 10         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 56700                     60600        
Dispersion            Fair                      Poor                      
Max ADI Early         68 Good      45 Gen Good  28 Fair      23 Fair      
Max ADI Late          9 Poor       62 Good      4 Very Poor  45 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            4            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            2            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 60s.
Minimum RH 50 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
upper 50s. Minimum RH 30 percent. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 50s. Minimum RH 29 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the
mid 50s. Minimum RH 26 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum RH 29 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 

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

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