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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low through mid-week per 
daily opportunity for wetting rain.  Stationary front 
over the area will result in periodic rainfall in addition
to a few thunderstorms. Minimum relative humidity is 
is forecast to remain mainly above 70 percent areawide through 
Thursday morning, and surface wind speeds are forecast to 
remain less than 10 mph. An additional 0.5" to 1.5" of wetting 
rain is forecast to fall areawide through Thursday morning, 
with locally higher amounts occurring with thunderstorm 
activity.

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NCZ019-260815-
Wilkes-
Including the city of Wilkesboro
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     90           70           80           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           70           70           50           
Min/Max Temp          61           80           62           83           
Max/Min RH %          97           77           97           72           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      SW  3        
Precip Amount         0.80         0.36         0.32         0.08         
Precip Duration       9            5            5            5            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   1 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3410                      3350         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S 10                      W 16         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 34100                     53600        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         19 Gen Poor  27 Fair      17 Gen Poor  38 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  36 Fair      4 Very Poor  58 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            9            7            9            
Max LVORI Late        9            4            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 63 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 64 percent.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
North winds around 5 mph.

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