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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
222 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Slow moving front will keep wetting showers/few storms in
the forecast into Thursday. However, better chances will be across
southern VA into North Carolina. Should be drier Friday into the weekend
but a few storms will be possible each afternoon.

NCZ005-230815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
222 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     80           70           50           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 80           20           20           0            
Min/Max Temp          66           74           60           75           
Max/Min RH %          100          65           100          76           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NE  5        Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NE  5        Lgt/Var      NE  4        
Precip Amount         0.69         0.22         0.14         0.04         
Precip Duration       11           5            1            2            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   7 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3320                      2770         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE 13                     E  8         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 43160                     22160        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         13 Gen Poor  44 Gen Good  25 Fair      31 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  47 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  30 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       10           9            8            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           3            10           4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 80 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and
variable wind. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 56 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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