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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
231 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Winds turn southerly through today, with increasing moisture across
the region, bringing minimum relative humidity values into the 40
to 55 percent range, with higher values over the southern Blue 
Ridge. This is also where shower and storm chances are highest for
today/Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will see higher and more 
widespread chances for showers and storms, mostly over the 
mountains for Thursday, and much of the area for Friday. Dry 
weather returns by Sunday, and temperatures increase to 5 to 10 
degrees above seasonal normals early next week.

VAZ009-262030-
Smyth-
Including the city of Marion
231 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     20           0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            40           
Max/Min Temp          82           62           83           
Min/Max RH %          52           91           56           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  4        Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.01         0.00         0.04         
Precip Duration       0                         1            
Precip Begin          2 PM                      2 PM         
Precip End            6 PM                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5440                      6780         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW 10                     W  6         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    54400                     40680        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         52 Gen Good  18 Gen Poor  31 Fair      
Max ADI Late          49 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  38 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            6            6            
Max LVORI Late        2            7            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 61 percent. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
56 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
57 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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