639  
FXUS61 KRNK 040530  
AFDRNK  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
130 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION WITH DRY WEATHER  
EXPECTED FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LITTLE OR NO  
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS FORECAST UNTIL NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
 
 
AS OF 100 AM EDT FRIDAY...  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
1) A QUIET/SEASONABLY WARM INDEPENDENCE DAY  
 
LOOKING AT HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT TO KEEP US DRY WITH  
TEMPERATURES RUNNING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. NOT TOO BAD FOR  
INDEPENDENCE DAY, SO SHOULD BE A DECENT ENOUGH DAY TO GET OUT  
AND ENJOY ANY FESTIVITIES/FIREWORKS/GRILLING, ETC. DURING THE  
DAY, STAY HYDRATED AND TAKE BREAKS AS THE HEAT CAN STILL IMPACT  
YOU.  
 
HIGH TEMPS WILL RUN FROM NEAR 90 IN THE PIEDMONT AND  
ROANOKE/SHENANDOAH VALLEY TO LOWER TO MID 80S ELSEWHERE.  
 
JUST A FEW CU OR PASSING HIGH THIN CIRRUS IN AN OTHERWISE SUNNY  
SKY.  
 
TONIGHT, LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S UNDER MAINLY CLEAR  
SKIES.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/
 
 
AS OF 120 AM EDT FRIDAY...  
 
KEY POINTS:  
 
1. TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE.  
2. DRY SATURDAY, BUT INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS/STORMS SUNDAY  
INTO MONDAY.  
 
A LOOK AT THE 3 JUL 00Z NCEP ENSEMBLE MEAN 500MB GEOPOTENTIAL  
HEIGHTS SHOWS FOR SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT A BROAD REGION OF UPPER  
LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONUS. THE  
AREA OF SOUTHERN CANADA WILL BE THE MOST ACTIVE WITH THE NORTHERN  
JET LOCATED THERE ALONG WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WITHIN THE  
FLOW. FOR SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT, THE W-E ORIENTED UPPER JET OVER  
SOUTHERN CANADA HEAD SOUTH INTO THE US, WITH AN ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE  
TROUGH PROGRESSING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ELSEWHERE FOR  
CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONUS, THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE HOLDS FAST. FOR  
MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT, LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE OVERALL  
PATTERN AS COMPARED TO SUNDAY.  
 
AT THE SURFACE, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SITUATED OVER OUR  
REGION SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM QUEBEC  
SOUTHWEST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. A LOW PRESSURE  
WEAKNESS IS NOTED OVER FL. FOR SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT, A WEAK NOSE OF  
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER VA/NC. THE FRONT TO OUR NORTHWEST  
HEADS SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THE WEAKNESS OVER FL SHIFTS  
NORTH A BIT TO OVER THE AREA OF AL/GA/SC. FOR MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT,  
THE COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH HEAD SOUTH TO OVER OUR REGION AND  
STALLS.  
 
A LOOK AT THE 3 JUL 12Z NAEFS ENSEMBLE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA  
SHOWS 850MB TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM +17C TO +19C, E-W, OVER THE  
REGION ON SATURDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  
 
THE ABOVE WEATHER PATTERNS OFFERS THE FOLLOWING FORECAST. HIGH  
PRESSURE WILL HELP MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST FOR THE REGION ON  
SATURDAY. HOWEVER, FOR SUNDAY, THE WEAKNESS OVER THE SE US MAY DRIFT  
FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO PROVIDE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
STORMS FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. THIS FEATURES MAY  
DO MORE OF THE SAME ON MONDAY, BUT IT WILL BE COMPLIMENTED BY THE  
COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTHEAST GETTING CLOSER TO THE REGION. THIS OPENS  
THE DOOR TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE FOR THE REGION ON MONDAY.  
 
TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE THREE TO FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR  
THIS TIME OF YEAR.  
 
CONFIDENCE IN THE ABOVE WEATHER SCENARIO IS HIGH ON TEMPERATURES,  
BUT ONLY MODERATE ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES THANKS TO THE  
UNCERTAINTIES THE FEATURE OVER THE SE US MAY BRING.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
 
 
AS OF 120 AM EDT FRIDAY...  
 
KEY POINTS:  
 
1. DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS/STORMS.  
2. INCREASING CHANCES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING.  
3. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  
 
A LOOK A THE 3 JUL 00Z NCEP ENSEMBLE MEAN 500MB GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS  
SHOWS FOR TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT A SMALL SOUTHERN DIP IN BOTH THE  
POSITION OF THE RIDGE AXIS OVER EASTERN CONUS AND THE NORTHERN  
STREAM JET NEAR THE US/CANADIAN BORDER. FOR WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT, A TROUGH STARTS TO TAKE BETTER SHAPE FROM HUDSON BAY SOUTH  
INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. A RIDGE BUILDS OVER WESTERN CONUS. FOR  
THURSDAY, THE AXIS OF THE TROUGH BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED WITH ITS  
BASE EXTENDING SOUTH INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY, WITH A CLEAR  
SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER OUR REGION. A BROAD AND STRONG RIDGE REMAINS  
OVER SOUTHWEST CONUS.  
 
AT THE SURFACE, FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, A COLD FRONT REMAINS  
OVER OR NEAR OUR REGION.  
 
A LOOK AT THE 3 JUL 12Z NAEFS ENSEMBLE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA  
SHOWS 850MB TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM +18C TO +20C, NE-  
SW, ACROSS THE REGION FOR TUESDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED ON  
WEDNESDAY. FOR THURSDAY, THE VALUES MAY SLIDE SLIGHTLY TO +17C TO  
+19C.  
 
WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STOPPING OVER OR NEAR OUR REGION DURING  
THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST, WE ARE EXPECTING DAILY CHANCES OF  
SHOWERS/STORMS. DEPENDING UPON JUST WHERE THIS FRONT STALLS, AND HOW  
MUCH PRECIPITATION FALLS ON A DAILY BASIS, WE MAY EXPERIENCE AN  
INCREASING RISK OF FLOODING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.  
 
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FIVE TO EIGHT DEGREES ABOVE  
NORMAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SLIGHTLY COOLER READINGS ARE POSSIBLE  
THURSDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA  
MAY TOUCH THE 100F MARK TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
CONFIDENCE IN THE ABOVE WEATHER SCENARIO IS MODERATE TO HIGH.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
 
 
AS OF 100 AM EDT FRIDAY...  
 
SHOULD SEE LIFR FOG AT LWB AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH  
PATCHY FOG HERE AND THERE IN OTHER RIVER AND MOUNTAINS VALLEYS  
AS WELL. OUTSIDE OF THAT, EXPECTING WIDESPREAD VFR.  
 
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF MORNING VALLEY FOG  
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED  
STORMS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH CHANCES INCREASING INTO TUESDAY.  
 

 
   
RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
VA...NONE.  
NC...NONE.  
WV...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...BMG/WP  
NEAR TERM...WP  
SHORT TERM...DS  
LONG TERM...DS  
AVIATION...BMG/SH/WP  
 
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