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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
248 PM EDT Fri Apr 10 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Dry high pressure will be over the area into early next week.
This will result in an extended period of warming and drying
with little or no rain. A weak frontal passage Saturday morning  
may brings some isolated showers.

Weak fronts may tease the area again next week, but overall 
chances for rain look minimal for the next 8-14 days. In general
expecting mainly dry conditions with afternoon humidity 
minimums ranging from 25-35%. Some of the south facing slopes 
may test 20%.

Temperatures are expected to climb well above normal next week.
This will increase the risk of large, hard to control 
wildfires, heightened by summer-like heat and low humidity.
Furthermore, the heat will create an unstable atmosphere,
leading to gusty afternoon winds that can cause any new fire
starts to spread rapidly. 

All things considered, after this weekend, we will likely enter
a multi-day stretch where prescribe fire will be discouraged in
lieu of resources being needed for wildfire suppression.

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NCZ019-110815-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
248 PM EDT Fri Apr 10 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          50           82           51           81           
Max/Min RH %          69           35           88           33           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      S  4         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 8470                      7580         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW  9                     SW 16        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 76230                     121280       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         42 Gen Good  95 Good      26 Fair      13 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  117 Very Good2 Very Poor  119 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       2            3            3            5            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower
80s. Minimum RH 33 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid
80s. Minimum RH 32 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the
upper 80s. Minimum RH 27 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the
upper 80s. Minimum RH 29 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Minimum RH 34 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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