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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
241 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026
.DISCUSSION...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FOR TODAY
AND FRIDAY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM to 8PM EDT TODAY
AND FRIDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
Heat risk increases to hazardous levels this week into
the holiday weekend. Additional advisories/warnings will likely
encompass much of the region east of the Blue Ridge for the end of
the week into the holiday weekend.
An upper level ridge of high pressure will build across the
eastern U.S. this week. This feature will facilitate warming
temperatures with highs in the 80s to lower 90s in the mountains
and upper 90s to around 100 for the foothills and piedmont.
The hot temperatures will combine with elevated dewpoints near
70 to produce peak heat indices of 95 to 100 in the mountains
and 105 to 110 in the foothills and piedmont.
Increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms beginning
tomorrow and into next week may cause issues with lightning-
started fires.
NCZ005-030815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
241 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Mclear Mclear
Precip Type None None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Min/Max Temp 71 102 72 102
Max/Min RH % 82 34 77 28
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip Duration
Precip Begin
Precip End
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 8640 10770
Transport Wnd (mph) S 2 S 5
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 17280 53850
Dispersion Very Poor Very Poor
Max ADI Early 18 Gen Poor 16 Gen Poor 30 Fair 18 Gen Poor
Max ADI Late 2 Very Poor 27 Fair 1 Very Poor 53 Gen Good
Max LVORI Early 3 5 3 4
Max LVORI Late 4 2 4 2
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 100. Minimum RH 31 percent. South
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 40 percent. South winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 51 percent. North
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal.