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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Showers and thunderstorms are expected today, along and west of
the Blue Ridge, as well as north of Interstate 64, where storms
look to be more organized. Primary hazard with storms today are
damaging winds and hail. Convective activity will wind down
tonight.

High pressure will be centered just offshore of the Mid- Atlantic
coast the next several days, and clockwise flow around the high 
will result in southwest winds. This pattern will favor warm 
weather for the rest of the week along with some increasing 
moisture. Dewpoints will trend up resulting in higher minimum 
relative humidity along with periodic cloud cover and a chance of
mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. The 
precipitation is expected to be scattered and mainly confined to 
the mountains.

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NCZ019-020815-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
255 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     30           0            0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 30           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          56           81           56           80           
Max/Min RH %          99           49           97           45           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  4         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      S  6         S  3         S  5         
Precip Amount         0.09         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1                                      0            
Precip Begin          6 PM                                   2 PM         
Precip End            11 PM                                  6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5960                      6430         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 15                      SW 12        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 89400                     77160        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         25 Fair      29 Fair      58 Gen Good  37 Fair      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  89 Good      7 Poor       80 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            9            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        7            2            5            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 50 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 50s. Highs around 70. Minimum RH 50 percent. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH 26 percent. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 60s.
Minimum RH 28 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs around 60.
Minimum RH 28 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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

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