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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will stay above normal through today.
Showers and thunderstorm chances remain through Sunday.
A frontal passage will bring drier weather and
lower temperatures to the area for early next week, before the 
heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week.
There are no fire weather concerns at this time.

NCZ005-060815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
143 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     70           50           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           20           0            0            
Min/Max Temp          66           81           61           84           
Max/Min RH %          100          66           100          46           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NE  3        NE  4        NE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NE  6        Lgt/Var      E  6         
Precip Amount         0.11         0.02         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            2                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         8 AM                                   
Precip End            1 AM         6 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3150                      6710         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE  9                     E  8         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 28350                     53680        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         7 Poor       22 Fair      40 Fair      74 Good      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  45 Gen Good  6 Very Poor  83 Good      
Max LVORI Early       9            10           5            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           4            9            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
42 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent. East winds around 5 mph.

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

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