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
233 PM EST Sun Jan 4 2026

.DISCUSSION... 

High pressure will approach and then cross the region tonight 
through Monday. Our next potential weather maker will be a cold 
front which may bring scattered showers to mainly the mountains 
Tuesday into Tuesday night. Dry weather returns for mid-week before 
potentially a more robust system impacts the region Friday into 
Saturday.

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NCZ005-050915-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
233 PM EST Sun Jan 4 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          30           54           39           65           
Max/Min RH %          92           57           100          51           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  5        Lgt/Var      SW  7        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2520                      3490         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 12                     SW 16        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 30240                     55840        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         1 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  4 Very Poor  22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  27 Fair      5 Very Poor  44 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       3            6            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 40 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 60s.
Minimum RH 48 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 63 percent. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs around 60. Minimum RH 46 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Cooler. Lows in
the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 40s. Minimum RH 29 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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