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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.

NCZ005-230815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
154 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Clear        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     20           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          64           86           59           87           
Max/Min RH %          100          36           87           35           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      W  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  5        Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.04         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1                                                   
Precip Begin          8 PM                                                
Precip End            2 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7540                      7870         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 10                     W  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 75400                     55090        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         23 Fair      65 Good      52 Gen Good  36 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  88 Good      3 Very Poor  62 Good      
Max LVORI Early       7            9            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        10           1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
46 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 upper 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
North winds around 5 mph.

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