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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
202 PM EST Thu Nov 20 2025

.DISCUSSION...

A warm front will move into the area tonight into Friday, which will 
increase humidity and allow for a wetting rainfall to occur. 
Scattered showers will continue for Friday and into Saturday until 
the front moves through and high pressure builds in midday Saturday. 
Winds will be slightly elevated from the southwest Friday evening 
and turning northwest on Saturday behind the front around 5-10 mph, 
with gusts of 15-20 mph. Despite the wind shift and high pressure 
building in, RH values are not expected to be critically low, but 
will be around 30-40% Sunday/Monday. Dry weather continues through 
late Tuesday, when another larger system moves into the area 
bringing rainfall once again.

NCZ018-210915-
Watauga-
Including the city of Boone
202 PM EST Thu Nov 20 2025

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Rain         Rain         Rain         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     70           60           60           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          49           65           51           62           
Max/Min RH %          100          78           97           73           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      W  3         SW  3        W  9 G23     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  4         W  8 G23     NW  8 G21    
Precip Amount         0.11         0.14         0.07         0.11         
Precip Duration       4            3            3            2            
Precip Begin          8 PM         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 1810                      3400         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 14                      NW 16        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 25340                     54400        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         2 Very Poor  18 Gen Poor  9 Poor       46 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  21 Fair      12 Poor      43 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       6            7            6            6            
Max LVORI Late        7            5            6            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid
50s. Minimum RH 45 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper
50s. Minimum RH 47 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 72 percent. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain likely. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 80 percent. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers.
Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 40s. Minimum RH
45 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

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

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