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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through Sunday night. Scattered showers 
and thunderstorms are forecasted for Monday, some of which may 
produce damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. This 
will be followed by widely scattered afternoon & evening storms 
through the remainder of the week. 

FYI...The summer solstice is Sunday June 21 at 424 AM EDT.

NCZ004-210815-
Stokes-
Including the city of Danbury
255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          61           91           65           94           
Max/Min RH %          80           34           81           45           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      SW  9 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.14         
Precip Duration                                              3            
Precip Begin                                                 2 PM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7700                      6960         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 10                     SW 18        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 77000                     125280       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         71 Good      33 Fair      71 Good      101 Very Good
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  88 Good      2 Very Poor  95 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
40 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 41 percent. West winds
around 5 mph.

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