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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
416 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Passage of a warm front this afternoon will trigger widespread 
showers and widely scattered thunderstorms, with more organized 
coverage forecast to occur across the Piedmont. Much of the lower 
Mid-Atlantic will receive wetting rainfall, though amounts will 
remain below 0.25" for most. Otherwise, widespread cloud cover 
will help hold afternoon relative humidity above 60 percent area-
wide. Drier weather will arrive on Sunday, and is forecast to 
persist through at least Wednesday.

NCZ018-122030-
Watauga-
Including the city of Boone
416 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           60           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           50           0            
Max/Min Temp          74           61           78           
Min/Max RH %          84           99           66           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  3         W  3         NW  5        
Precip Amount         0.18         0.08         0.00         
Precip Duration       3            2                         
Precip Begin          8 AM         Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   6 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2260                      4010         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  9                      NW 17        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    20340                     68170        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         12 Poor      14 Gen Poor  40 Fair      
Max ADI Late          19 Gen Poor  6 Very Poor  72 Good      
Max LVORI Early       8            10           8            
Max LVORI Late        5            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
67 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
75 percent. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs around
80. Minimum RH 61 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
66 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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