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
213 PM EDT Sun May 17 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions look to linger across the region through
Wednesday this week, until a cold front brings in more seasonable
temperatures to the area, along with daily chances for showers and
thunderstorms. Prior to this moisture entering the area, hot and
dry conditions areawide will lead to minimum RH values falling
into the 30s/40s on Monday, and 20s/30s on Tuesday, with a rebound
into the 30s/40s by Wednesday as the aforementioned cold front
arrives and advects moisture north into the area. Overall, with
winds remaining light and variable, the fire weather concerns look
to remain low for much of the area at this time even though
conditions will be hot and dry early this week.


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NCZ005-180845-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
213 PM EDT Sun May 17 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Clear        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          64           92           65           93           
Max/Min RH %          91           35           85           28           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  3         SW  3        S  4         SW  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  5        SW  4        SW  6        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7230                      8100         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 13                     SW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 93990                     113400       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         62 Good      48 Gen Good  78 Good      53 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  95 Good      2 Very Poor  113 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       3            6            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 32 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
60 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 74 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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