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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front over the Great Lakes is forecast to move south
and stall over the region.  This will bring daily opportunity
for scattered showers and thunderstorms through the upcoming
weekend. 

In spite of the hit and miss nature of the showers, the higher
dewpoints and humidity should mitigate fire concerns.

NCZ005-180815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
255 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            50           70           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           50           20           
Min/Max Temp          68           93           67           82           
Max/Min RH %          92           45           100          62           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      N  3         Lgt/Var      NE  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.07         0.12         0.04         
Precip Duration                    1            5            2            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6110                      3230         
Transport Wnd (mph)                N  7                      E  5         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 42770                     16150        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         18 Gen Poor  43 Gen Good  12 Poor      21 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  53 Gen Good  6 Very Poor  20 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       4            7            7            9            
Max LVORI Late        6            2            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 76 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
93 percent. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 84 percent. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.

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