Fire Weather Forecast - Wilkes County, NC

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

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and dry conditions look to linger across the region through
Tuesday 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 
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. Several days of rainfall look to occur across the
region starting Wednesday, which will be beneficial for the area.
Depending on the amount of rainfall over this period, drought
conditions may improve slightly, reducing the overall fire weather
threat across the area as we head into summer. 


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NCZ019-190915-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
231 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            40           
Min/Max Temp          62           90           62           91           
Max/Min RH %          81           30           73           36           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  4        Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  6        Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration                                              1            
Precip Begin                                                 1 PM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 8030                      8890         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 13                     SW  7        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 104390                    62230        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         84 Good      32 Fair      81 Good      46 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  99 Good      2 Very Poor  62 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            4            2            4            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs around
80. Minimum RH 65 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
81 percent. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Showers 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 78 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...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80.
Minimum RH 75 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 70 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.

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