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
728 PM EDT Fri May 15 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions look to remain across the region through early 
next week. Minimum RH values look to remain in the 30-40 percent 
range through Tuesday of next week, before humidity increases 
areawide with increasing precipitation chances in large part to
an approaching cold front from the west. The front looks to bring 
the region's next chance for a widespread wetting rainfall, with 
only isolated showers and thunderstorms possible across mountain 
locations through the weekend. While RH values look to be low, 
winds will similarly remain low, which should keep any fire 
weather concerns low at this time. 

Temperatures warm over the weekend into next week with some 
record heat possible Monday and Tuesday. Overall, fire weather 
concerns remain low for much of the area at this time, but will 
continue to be monitored.

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NCZ019-160815-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
728 PM EDT Fri May 15 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          48           85           58           90           
Max/Min RH %          83           35           80           35           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  5        Lgt/Var      S  3         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5580                      7000         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 12                     S  9         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 66960                     63000        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         54 Gen Good  33 Fair      61 Good      16 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  77 Good      2 Very Poor  71 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            4            3            4            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            4            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 53 percent. East
winds around 5 mph.

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