Fire Weather Forecast - Buckingham County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
226 PM EST Sat Nov 15 2025

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...

Key Message:

1) Gusty and dry conditions increase tonight and into Sunday.

2) A Fire Weather Watch has been issued for much of SW and south
   central Virginia and portions of NW North Carolina. 

As the approaching cold front ushers in dry air and gusty winds
on Sunday, fire weather concerns increase across the area. A 
few showers associated with the front will mainly be confined to
SE West Virginia. Little to no rain expected for the Blue Ridge
and east. This front will bring very gusty northwest winds in 
excess of 30 mph, along with a much drier airmass. Temperatures 
Sunday afternoon will also rise into the mid/upper 50s to low 
60s in the mountains, to mid upper 60s east of the 
mountains...RH mins will drop into the 20 percent range. This 
brings a heightened fire weather concern for Sunday, nearly 
areawide. Given this threat, a fire weather watch has been
issued for much of the area on Sunday. 

Although winds will be slightly less on Monday, the area will
still see gusts into the 20 mph range at times. Even lower min 
RH values into the teens will result in continued heightened 
fire awareness through Monday.

VAZ047-160915-
Buckingham-
226 PM EST Sat Nov 15 2025

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Clear        Clear        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          58           66           32           57           
Max/Min RH %          82           21           56           22           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  8 G20    W 11 G23     W  6 G20     W  5         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  9 G22    NW 12 G24    W  4         W  6         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6000                      5430         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 26                     W 17         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 156000                    92310        
Dispersion            Excellent                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         17 Gen Poor  87 Good      12 Poor      80 Good      
Max ADI Late          15 Gen Poor  89 Good      4 Very Poor  98 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            4            2            2            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            2            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows around
30. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 36 percent. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 61 percent. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 63 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 59 percent. Southwest winds
around 5 mph.

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