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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm and humid conditions expected through 
Friday with scattered afternoon and evening showers
and thunderstorms. Rainfall coverage will be hit and miss
with rainfall amounts generally a quarter inch or less. 
There will be some localized amounts upwards of one inch
associated with the stronger thunderstorms. Isolated wind
damage is also possible.

Greater coverage of showers and thunderstorms is likely for the
weekend with the passage of a cold front. Somewhat drier
conditions follow the frontal passage for the beginning of next
week, along with a few days of below normal temperatures.
After that, thing warm back up for the end of the week with 
a return to seasonably warm temperatures.

NCZ005-100815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           40           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            30           40           50           
Min/Max Temp          69           93           70           89           
Max/Min RH %          92           44           90           61           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  3         Lgt/Var      SW  3        W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  5         Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.02         0.01         0.12         
Precip Duration                    1            1            4            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End                         Continuing   4 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7160                      5220         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 14                      NW 10        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 100240                    52200        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         92 Good      61 Good      18 Gen Poor  38 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  100 Good     4 Very Poor  50 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       5            6            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        7            2            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
42 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH
36 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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