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
211 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions continue until Wednesday afternoon, when the 
arrivial and passage of a cold front will trigger showers and some 
thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Relative 
humidity values will fall into the 20% to 30% range areawide today, 
and then 20% to 30% in the Piedmont, but 40% to 50% in parts of 
southeast WV and far southwest VA for Wednesday. After that, RH will 
remain high through the end of the week and into the weekend as 
moisture and precipitation chances linger. Forecast rainfall amounts 
through Friday rain from half an inch to an inch, which will be 
beneficial for the area, and may lead to some improvements in the 
ongoing dryness, and thus could reduce the overall fire weather 
threat across the area heading into the warmer months. 

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NCZ005-200815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
211 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            20           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           50           
Min/Max Temp          66           94           65           84           
Max/Min RH %          78           27           93           50           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  4        SW  4        SW  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  3        SW  4        Lgt/Var      NE  5        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.15         
Precip Duration                                 1            4            
Precip Begin                                    6 PM         2 PM         
Precip End                                      1 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 9220                      5160         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW  8                     NE 17        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 73760                     87720        
Dispersion            Poor                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         93 Good      27 Fair      80 Good      17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  85 Good      2 Very Poor  74 Good      
Max LVORI Early       2            4            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
79 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 77 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 70 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 68 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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