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
313 PM EDT Wed Jun 17 2026

.DISCUSSION...

...Heads up for severe storms Thursday...
...It will also be windy...

Unsettled weather is expected for Thursday into early
Friday.  A strong cold front will cross the area 
Thursday afternoon and evening, preceded by gusty 
surface winds and very warm temperatures. Scattered
strong to severe thunderstorms are expected Thursday 
afternoon and evening. The storms may contain damaging
winds resulting in downed trees. 

We are also be tracking Tropical Storm Arthur, the 
first named tropical storm of the season. This feature
is expected to move across the southeast states
Thursday into Friday. Some of this moisture may
impact our North Carolina Counties Thursday night
but it appears the bulk of the moisture from this storm
will remain south of our local region.

NCZ005-180815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
313 PM EDT Wed Jun 17 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           50           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            40           50           0            
Min/Max Temp          69           95           68           88           
Max/Min RH %          84           39           95           41           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  4        SW 11 G23    SW  9 G23    W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  7 G18    SW 12 G23    SW  5        NW  6        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.04         0.10         0.03         
Precip Duration                    1            2            1            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   6 AM         
Precip End                         Continuing   4 AM         2 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7170                      7630         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 29                     W 16         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 207930                    122080       
Dispersion            Fair                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         105 Very Good110 Very Good70 Good      42 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          12 Poor      138 Very Good20 Gen Poor  128 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       3            4            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 31 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 43 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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