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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
154 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the lower
Mid-Atlantic late this afternoon and evening, resulting in 
potentially another round of localized wetting rainfall. Minimum 
RH holding at 60 percent or above areawide today. Given this wet 
pattern, there are currently no fire weather concerns at this 
time. 

A drier airmass arrives tomorrow, with min RH values falling 
below 50 percent into the mid 30% to 50% range. Breezy northwest 
winds are expected through Monday.

NCZ004-230815-
Stokes-
Including the city of Danbury
154 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Clear        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          63           86           58           86           
Max/Min RH %          100          42           87           39           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  4        Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.13         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            2 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6720                      7300         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 10                     W  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 67200                     51100        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      62 Good      47 Gen Good  30 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  85 Good      3 Very Poor  58 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            9            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        9            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. North winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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