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

.DISCUSSION...
Expect a pattern with higher humidity with wetting
rain chances returning by Friday especially over
the mountains. Should be drying out over the weekend,
though humidity levels still are not expected to drop
to critical levels of under 30 percent. Another storm
system looks bring another chance of rain by the
middle of next week.

NCZ018-202130-
Watauga-
Including the city of Boone
132 AM EST Thu Nov 20 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Rain         Rain         
Chance Precip (%)     0            50           50           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          62           48           65           
Min/Max RH %          62           100          75           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  4         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  4         Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.07         0.08         
Precip Duration                    2            2            
Precip Begin                       9 PM         Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2720                      2010         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 13                      W 12         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    35360                     24120        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         19 Gen Poor  3 Very Poor  11 Poor      
Max ADI Late          34 Fair      3 Very Poor  19 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       10           6            8            
Max LVORI Late        3            6            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs around 60. Minimum RH 77 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s. Minimum RH 51 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs in the upper 50s.
Minimum RH 53 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the lower 50s. Minimum RH 81 percent. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the upper 50s. Minimum RH 71 percent. West winds 5 to
10 mph.

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

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