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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
239 PM EDT Sat Oct 18 2025

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure continues to shift offshore. A cold front will 
arrive Sunday, bringing the potential of a few thunderstorms 
capable of producing locally damaging winds and moderate
rainfall. Winds look very gusty even outside of thunderstorms. 
Minimum RH values drop to 30 to 40 percent in most locations by 
Monday and Tuesday afternoons behind the front. Cooler 
temperatures are expected by early next week as high pressure 
arrives in the wake of this cold front.

Gusts are expected to reach 20 to locally 35 mph from the south- 
southwest veering to the west-southwest Sunday into early Monday. 
Between a quarter and 1 inch of wetting rainfall is forecast for 
Sunday afternoon into Monday morning across the area.

NCZ018-190815-
Watauga-
Including the city of Boone
239 PM EDT Sat Oct 18 2025

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         Showers      Tstms        None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            90           80           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            20           0            
Min/Max Temp          50           61           36           59           
Max/Min RH %          99           81           100          40           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  4         S 13 G32     W 15 G32     NW 13 G28    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  7 G26     S 14 G31     NW 15 G32    NW  8 G20    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.33         0.21         0.00         
Precip Duration                    5            2                         
Precip Begin                       11 AM        Continuing                
Precip End                         Continuing   2 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2420                      2830         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 29                      NW 21        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 70180                     59430        
Dispersion            Fair                      Excellent                 
Max ADI Early         9 Poor       55 Gen Good  41 Gen Good  47 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          10 Poor      57 Gen Good  44 Gen Good  59 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       6            5            5            4            
Max LVORI Late        6            4            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 60s.
Minimum RH 42 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs
in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 48 percent. West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Patchy frost through the night. Areas
of frost through the day. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower
50s. Minimum RH 44 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost through the night. Areas of
frost through the day. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper
50s. Minimum RH 42 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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