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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
412 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...
The lower Mid-Atlantic will remain in a humid airmass for both 
today and Tuesday. Additional showers and thunderstorms will 
develop during both days, developing across the mountains this 
afternoon and gradually transitioning to the Piedmont during 
early evening. Rainfall totals may be highly variable over short 
distances, with some locations not receiving any rain. Winds 
outside of thunderstorm activity will remain less than 10 mph. 
With RH values dropping into the 45 to 60 percent range during 
this afternoon, expect these values to recover to above 
90 percent tonight.

NCZ005-062015-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
412 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     40           50           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 40           50           70           
Max/Min Temp          93           71           92           
Min/Max RH %          45           93           52           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.09         0.11         0.06         
Precip Duration       0            2            1            
Precip Begin          4 PM         Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End            Continuing   3 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6340                      6340         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  8                     NW  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    50720                     31700        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         19 Gen Poor  42 Gen Good  43 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          65 Good      5 Very Poor  49 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            4            7            
Max LVORI Late        1            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. North winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 53 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
North winds around 5 mph.

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

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