Fire Weather Forecast - Montgomery 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.

VAZ014-262030-
Montgomery-
Including the city of Blacksburg
141 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Cloudy       Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     80           80           100          
Max/Min Temp          71           66           74           
Min/Max RH %          94           100          86           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      E  7 G17     E 16 G33     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   E  5         E  9 G25     SE 14 G31    
Precip Amount         0.44         0.36         1.08         
Precip Duration       6            9            12           
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2110                      2660         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SE 16                     SE 15        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    33760                     39900        
Dispersion                         Good                      
Max ADI Early         27 Fair      17 Gen Poor  67 Good      
Max ADI Late          30 Fair      20 Gen Poor  58 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       9            8            5            
Max LVORI Late        5            5            4            
LAL                   3            2            3            
Haines Index          3            3            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Showers likely. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around 60.
Highs around 70. Minimum RH 90 percent. Southeast winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 80 percent. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 70 percent. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 55 percent. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.

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