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
137 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025

.DISCUSSION...

Most of the service area received a wetting rainfall earlier 
this morning. Totals were highest along & west of I-77, where at
least 0.75" fell, with amounts then tapering down further east 
to less than 0.25" falling along the crest of the Blue Ridge and
points eastward.

Fire weather concerns are likely to be lower today than in past
days considering the rainfall this morning moistened fuels. 
Winds will be less than 10 mph from the southwest, occurring 
under a mixture of high clouds and sunshine and minimum 
afternoon humidity holding above 40 percent. 

A strong cold front will pass across the lower Mid-Atlantic on
Sunday afternoon and evening, bringing sharply colder air and
breezy northwest winds to the area for Monday through Tuesday
night. Fire weather concerns will increase early in the week as
daytime gusts will range from 25 mph to locally 35 mph across 
the mountains, and from 15 mph to locally 25 mph across the 
Piedmont from Monday into Wednesday. This will be combined with 
mostly clear skies areawide, and minimum humidity potentially 
falling to 30 percent or lower across the Piedmont, all of which
will support the drying of fuels.

NCZ005-090915-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
137 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Showers      None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     50           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          50           72           36           48           
Max/Min RH %          100          51           78           32           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  3        NW  5        NW  6        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  6         NW  4        NW  8        
Precip Amount         0.04         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                                   
Precip Begin          9 PM                                                
Precip End            6 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4540                      6590         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 14                     NW 16        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 63560                     105440       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         1 Very Poor  32 Fair      11 Poor      81 Good      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  57 Gen Good  13 Gen Poor  91 Good      
Max LVORI Early       8            10           3            3            
Max LVORI Late        10           2            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the
upper 40s. Minimum RH 28 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs
in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 31 percent. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 60s. Minimum RH 30 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum RH 28 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum RH 40 percent. West winds around 5 mph.

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

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