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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
315 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026

.DISCUSSION...


Scattered showers and thunderstorms look to continue in the
forecast through Wednesday, with more widespread shower and 
thunderstorm activity expected Tuesday afternoon and evening 
with the passage of a cold front. A moist and humid airmass looks
to hang around through Wednesday, with surface high pressure 
advecting much drier air into the region Wednesday night into 
Thursday. While minimum RH values don't look to change much 
during the afternoon hours due to cooler temperatures, the 
dewpoints across the region look to fall into the upper 50s to
low 60s areawide. Overall, there are no major fire weather concerns
at this time with the current moist airmass over the region.

NCZ005-202015-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
315 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     60           70           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           50           
Max/Min Temp          85           68           90           
Min/Max RH %          66           100          61           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  9 G19    
Precip Amount         0.08         0.17         0.07         
Precip Duration       2            6            1            
Precip Begin          8 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3820                      4830         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  2                      W 16         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    7640                      77280        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         14 Gen Poor  15 Gen Poor  50 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          19 Gen Poor  6 Very Poor  62 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            7            9            
Max LVORI Late        4            10           3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 80s. Minimum RH 72 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
64 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 65 percent. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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