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
312 AM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered shower and thunderstorm activity will continue through
Monday. While not everyone will see wetting rain, an extremely 
humid airmass will continue to remain across the region. These
elevated humidity levels will keep any fire weather concerns to
a minimum.

NCZ005-152015-
Rockingham-
Including the city of Eden
312 AM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     30           40           30           
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           20           20           
Max/Min Temp          89           71           92           
Min/Max RH %          57           100          54           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  4        
Precip Amount         0.02         0.04         0.10         
Precip Duration       1            2            1            
Precip Begin          2 PM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5530                      7040         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW  7                     SW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    38710                     56320        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         22 Fair      14 Gen Poor  18 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          41 Gen Good  4 Very Poor  55 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        3            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH
49 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Northeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH
45 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 43 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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

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