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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
231 PM EDT Fri May 29 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Other than perhaps some showers and storms Sunday night through
Monday across southern parts of the area, dry weather is expected
across the region the next seven days. Temperatures will be near
or slightly cooler than normal through mid-week, before trending
a little milder by the end of the week.

Minimum relative humidities will be mainly in the 30s and 40s
percent range through mid-week. These values dip a little bit more
Thursday into Friday.

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NCZ019-300845-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
231 PM EDT Fri May 29 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          60           82           52           74           
Max/Min RH %          90           38           78           51           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NE  4        Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.03         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                    1                                      
Precip Begin                       6 AM                                   
Precip End                         4 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5860                      4350         
Transport Wnd (mph)                N  6                      S  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 35160                     26100        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         33 Fair      34 Fair      19 Gen Poor  28 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  43 Gen Good  9 Poor       41 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       4            5            3            3            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            3            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 42 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
39 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 43 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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