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
247 PM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Showers and thunderstorms will return on Thursday, resulting in 
rounds of wetting rainfall. The convection should be scattered 
Thursday, with signals that heavy rain will occur from the foot-
hills of North Carolina through the Southside of Virginia on 
Friday evening. Scattered wetting rainfall will continue on 
Saturday before drier air returns on Sunday.

Minimum afternoon relative humidity values Thursday afternoon 
are forecast to range from the mid-40% range across Central Virginia 
to the mid-60% range west of the Blue Ridge. Winds Thursday will be 
westerly at speeds of 10 mph or less.

NCZ005-200830-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
247 PM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           40           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           40           50           
Min/Max Temp          70           93           67           87           
Max/Min RH %          85           45           100          63           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  4         Lgt/Var      E  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.01         0.07         0.43         
Precip Duration                    1            1            5            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7220                      4100         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 17                     SW  1        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 122740                    4100         
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         34 Fair      70 Good      70 Good      20 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  130 Very Good5 Very Poor  15 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       4            6            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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