Fire Weather Forecast - Watauga County, NC

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...UPDATED
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1027 PM EDT Thu Jul 25 2024

.DISCUSSION...
A stationary front over the Mid Atlantic region will provide   
the focus for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms 
this afternoon. A secondary front moves across Thursday night,
with lesser coverage for showers and storms by Friday. Low 
precipitation chances over the weekend, until later Sunday. 
Afternoon minimum relative humidities will drop to the 40% to 50%
by Sunday, though closer to 70% over the southern Blue Ridge.

NCZ018-260815-
Watauga-
Including the city of Boone
1027 PM EDT Thu Jul 25 2024

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           30           40           
Min/Max Temp          60           74           59           77           
Max/Min RH %          97           72           99           68           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SE  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.12         0.09         0.11         
Precip Duration                    2            2            2            
Precip Begin                       6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3770                      4450         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  5                      SE  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 18850                     13350        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         10 Poor      22 Fair      15 Gen Poor  13 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  23 Fair      1 Very Poor  37 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       7            8            8            9            
Max LVORI Late        8            4            9            4            
LAL                   1            2            2            3            
Haines Index          2            2            2            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
68 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Minimum RH 89 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Minimum RH 84 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Minimum RH 73 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 60s. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 66 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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