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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Warmer and dry into Wednesday. A cold front brings some wetting
showers
to mainly the mountains Thursday. A stronger front but mainly dry
one
will pass through Friday with breezy/windy west winds following
it.
Turning colder and drier air will for the weekend.

NCZ005-140815-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
233 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Clear        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          58           87           62           83           
Max/Min RH %          96           46           97           61           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  3        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4200                      4220         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      NW  5        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 50400                     21100        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      11 Poor      12 Poor      19 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  53 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  25 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            7            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        7            2            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Cooler. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Much cooler. Highs around 60. Minimum RH
42 percent. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear, colder. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Light and variable
wind. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Light and
variable wind. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
53 percent. North winds around 5 mph.

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