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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
354 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions look to linger across the region through
Tuesday this week and parts of the Piedmont for Wednesday, until 
a cold front brings in daily chances for showers and thunderstorms. 
Prior to this moisture entering the area, hot and dry conditions 
areawide will lead to minimum RH values mainly falling into the 
30s/40s today, and 20s/30s on Tuesday, with an increase mainly 
for the mountains by Wednesday as the aforementioned cold front 
arrives and advects moisture north. Overall, with winds remaining 
mainly under 12 mph, the fire weather concerns look to remain low 
for much of the area at this time even though conditions will be 
hot and dry early this week.


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NCZ019-182045-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
354 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Tue          

Cloud Cover           Clear        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          91           62           92           
Min/Max RH %          35           84           29           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  4        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  6         Lgt/Var      S  6         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6760                      8030         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S 15                      SW 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    101400                    104390       
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         50 Gen Good  84 Good      32 Fair      
Max ADI Late          102 Very Good2 Very Poor  99 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        1            4            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 37 percent. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 62 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
75 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 73 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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