Fire Weather Forecast - Watauga County, NC

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
359 PM EST Tue Nov 18 2025

.DISCUSSION...

Increased fire danger continues across the North Carolina
Piedmont 
and Foothills as low RH values around 20-25% will continue
through 
the rest of the afternoon. Dewpoints are in the 20s and winds are
around 5-10 mph, gusting to near 15 mph at times. While these
winds
are not as high as yesterday, any outdoor fires could quickly 
spread as fuels on the ground remain dry, along with downed
leaves. 

For Virginia, the Piedmont will see similar conditions, but 
dewpoints are marginally higher with more cloud cover, which will
keep temperatures lower and RH values slightly higher, lessening 
any fire danger. Areas north of I-64 have already seen rainfall. 

Most of the area will see a wetting rainfall tonight,
particularly 
west of the Blue Ridge, though the Piedmont areas will see
lighter 
amounts under a tenth of an inch. Nonetheless, the fire danger
ends 
this evening post-sunset as RH values rise. The heaviest rainfall
will be in West Virginia. Rain continues into Wednesday morning 
before clearing out by afternoon. Dry weather returns for the
late 
week before the next system arrives late Friday into Saturday, 
bringing rain chances back to the area.

NCZ018-190915-
Watauga-
Including the city of Boone
359 PM EST Tue Nov 18 2025

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Rain         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          44           63           44           63           
Max/Min RH %          100          71           100          63           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  4         W  5         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  6 G18     NW  4        Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.16         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       3                                                   
Precip Begin          10 PM                                               
Precip End            6 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2320                      2630         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  9                      W  9         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 20880                     23670        
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         6 Very Poor  16 Gen Poor  5 Very Poor  18 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          8 Poor       19 Gen Poor  1 Very Poor  24 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            6            8            8            
Max LVORI Late        6            5            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 78 percent. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 82 percent. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 62 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
upper 50s. Minimum RH 57 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 67 percent. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.

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