Jefferson National Forest Presuppresion Forecast

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Experimental...Fire Weather Planning Forecast for VA Natl Forests
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Blacksburg VA
415 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front pushes southeastward today with some lingering 
showers for the area and isolated thunderstorm potential 
in the southeast. Additional chances for widespread wetting 
rainfall returns mainly late Wednesday into Thursday with
a stronger cold front. Abnormally warm temperatures are 
expected to continue across the region through the first 
part of the work week. Minimum RH values will mainly be 
over 50% today, lower on Monday, near the 30 to 40% range, 
then again increasing to generally above 40% by Wednesday. 
There are currently no fire weather concerns at this time.

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VAZ007-009-010-012-015-016-082100-
JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST South Zone-
INCLUDING Mt Rogers and Wythe
415 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     70           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          64           45           67           
Min/Max RH %          64           93           40           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  7 G19     Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  6 G20     Lgt/Var      W  5 G17     
Precip Amount         0.07         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       4                                      
Precip Begin          6 AM                                   
Precip End            5 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3330                      5360         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 17                      SW 16        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    56610                     85760        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         40 Fair      25 Fair      40 Fair      
Max ADI Late          51 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  91 Good      
Max LVORI Early       5            5            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum RH 52 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid
70s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Windy. Rain showers and a chance of snow showers.
Much colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 40s. Minimum
RH 35 percent. Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Breezy. Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 33 percent. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
upper 50s. Minimum RH 41 percent. West winds 15 to 20 mph. 

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

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