Fire Weather Forecast - Rockingham County, NC

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
204 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Isolated thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and evening, 
some of which could be severe. Plentiful moisture will remain across 
the area through Friday as a cold front moves into the area, causing 
more widespread thunderstorms and a better chance of severe weather. 
Winds will be from the southwest today around 5-10 mph, but shift to 
the west by tomorrow increasing to 10-15 mph, with gusts of 20-25+ mph 
expected in the mountains, with slightly lighter winds for the 
Piedmont. Any thunderstorms would contain much higher wind gusts. 
Temperatures remain above normal, with highs in the 80s/90s, with 
heat indices near to just over 100 degrees in the Piedmont. 

The front pushes through for Saturday, with much drier air in place 
north of the NC/VA border. MinRH values will drop to around 30% for 
Saturday, slowly rebounding into early next week as storm chances 
return. Winds reduce to under 5 mph. Above normal temperatures will 
continue, with highs in the 80s/90s through the weekend.

NCZ005-120815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
204 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     20           0            30           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            30           0            
Min/Max Temp          72           96           69           92           
Max/Min RH %          87           36           87           33           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  3        W  3         W  3         N  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  5         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.01         0.00         0.03         0.00         
Precip Duration       0                         1                         
Precip Begin          6 PM                      6 PM                      
Precip End            9 PM                      1 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 8100                      7630         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      W  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 97200                     22890        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         72 Good      65 Good      75 Good      29 Fair      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  102 Very Good4 Very Poor  31 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and
variable wind. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 39 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
39 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
46 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 40 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 41 percent. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.

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