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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
232 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front should slowly drift southeastward during this
weekend, which will serve as a focus for more chances of showers
and thunderstorms. High pressure will build later on Monday to 
bring lower chances of storms. Hot and humid conditions should 
arrive by the middle of next week. Fire weather concerns will 
remain low.

NCZ004-280830-
Stokes-
Including the city of Danbury
232 PM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     60           60           30           20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           20           20           20           
Min/Max Temp          67           87           67           90           
Max/Min RH %          100          64           100          56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  3         Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Precip Amount         0.13         0.07         0.04         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            2            1            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   10 PM        6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3860                      6210         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  3                      E  5         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 11580                     31050        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         9 Poor       15 Gen Poor  12 Poor      22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  2 Very Poor  31 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            9            9            9            
Max LVORI Late        7            4            10           3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH
49 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Southeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100. Minimum RH 31 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum RH 32 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 90s. Minimum RH 33 percent. West winds around
5 mph.

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