Fire Weather Forecast - Tazewell County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
141 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Widespread wetting rainfall associated with Hurricane Helene 
will make for low fire weather concerns through the weekend. 
The storm will bring wind gusts from the east-southeast on 
Friday ranging from 25 to 35 mph across the Piedmont, ramping 
up to locally as high as 60 mph across the higher mountain 
ridges. Combined with wet soils, the gusty winds will result 
in scattered downed trees across the mountains. After the main 
bands of rain exit the region on Friday afternoon, scattered 
showers and thunderstorms will remain in the region through 
at least next Tuesday.

VAZ007-262030-
Tazewell-
Including the city of Tazewell
141 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Cloudy       Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     100          70           100          
Max/Min Temp          69           62           74           
Min/Max RH %          90           98           72           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  E  4         SE 10 G24    E 20 G41     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SE  7        E 14 G34     SE 17 G36    
Precip Amount         0.67         0.27         0.84         
Precip Duration       8            7            9            
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2260                      3870         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SE 25                     S 37         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    56500                     143190       
Dispersion                         Excellent                 
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  19 Gen Poor  91 Good      
Max ADI Late          50 Gen Good  25 Fair      91 Good      
Max LVORI Early       10           6            4            
Max LVORI Late        5            5            4            
LAL                   2            1            2            
Haines Index          3            3            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 66 percent. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 83 percent. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 76 percent. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 72 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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