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
100 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2025

.DISCUSSION... 
Fire weather concerns will remain low today given lingering snow 
cover across much of the lower Mid-Atlantic, as well as partly 
to mostly cloudy skies. Minimum RH across the service area will 
hold above 40 percent areawide. 

The next winter system will arrive late tonight, bringing another
coating of snow for much of the service area that will continue
to fall through Monday afternoon before coming to an end. Snowfall 
totals will range from 1" to 3", with locally higher amounts.

NCZ019-080915-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
100 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2025

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Cloudy       Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Rain         Snow/Rain    None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     40           90           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          32           40           20           41           
Max/Min RH %          99           87           100          61           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      E  3         Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.04         0.23         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       1            5                                      
Precip Begin          3 AM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   5 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2300                      2220         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE 15                     SW  7        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 34500                     15540        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         1 Very Poor  26 Fair      4 Very Poor  13 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  30 Fair      1 Very Poor  22 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       8            6            9            7            
Max LVORI Late        10           5            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the
lower 50s. Minimum RH 53 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the
upper 40s. Minimum RH 53 percent. West winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows around 30. Highs
in the mid 40s. Minimum RH 47 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Colder. Lows
around 20. Highs in the mid 30s. Minimum RH 35 percent. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 16. Highs in the mid 30s.
Minimum RH 33 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

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

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