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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low through mid-week per 
daily opportunity for wetting rain.  Stationary front 
over the area will result in periodic rainfall in addition
to a few thunderstorms. Minimum relative humidity is 
is forecast to remain mainly above 70 percent areawide through 
Thursday morning, and surface wind speeds are forecast to 
remain less than 10 mph. An additional 0.5" to 1.5" of wetting 
rain is forecast to fall areawide through Thursday morning, 
with locally higher amounts occurring with thunderstorm 
activity.

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NCZ005-260815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Mcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     90           70           70           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          63           81           64           84           
Max/Min RH %          97           73           97           65           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  4        Lgt/Var      SW  6        
Precip Amount         1.08         0.26         0.37         0.08         
Precip Duration       9            3            3            5            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4120                      4570         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 13                     W 21         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 53560                     95970        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         42 Gen Good  46 Gen Good  17 Gen Poor  62 Good      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  58 Gen Good  5 Very Poor  89 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            9            10           8            
Max LVORI Late        10           4            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
52 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
62 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
60 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
49 percent. North winds around 5 mph.

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