Showers and Storms in the East; Dangerously Hot and Dry in the West

Scattered showers and storms are expected across portions of the Central and Eastern U.S. through the end of the week. Meanwhile, dangerous heat will intensify across the Desert Southwest and Intermountain West. Hot, dry weather and increasing winds will allow elevated wildfire conditions to return to the northern Intermountain West, where air quality issues persist from ongoing fires. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
244 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Unsettled weather will continue this week with scattered showers
and thunderstorms each day, primarily during the afternoons and 
evenings. The air mass will remain humid with relative humidity 
values staying elevated. Winds should remain rather light for much
of the area except in stronger thunderstorms. There may be a few
instances of wind gusts between 20-35 mph along and west of the
Blue Ridge later in the week due to passing low level jets. Due to
the abundant moisture and prolonged chances of rain, fire weather 
concerns will remain low.

NCZ004-092015-
Stokes-
Including the city of Danbury
244 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     20           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            
Max/Min Temp          92           70           92           
Min/Max RH %          53           94           53           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.02         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       0                                      
Precip Begin          2 PM                                   
Precip End            6 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5730                      5820         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  7                     W 10         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    40110                     58200        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         13 Gen Poor  35 Fair      33 Fair      
Max ADI Late          55 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  91 Good      
Max LVORI Early       8            6            7            
Max LVORI Late        2            7            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 70. Northwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. North
winds around 5 mph.

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

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