Fire Weather Forecast - Wythe County, VA

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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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VAZ012-190915-
Wythe-
Including the city of Wytheville
231 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            50           
Min/Max Temp          59           87           60           85           
Max/Min RH %          78           32           71           41           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  5 G17     Lgt/Var      S  3         W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  5        Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration                                              1            
Precip Begin                                                 1 PM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 9980                      7390         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 12                      NW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 119760                    103460       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         77 Good      46 Gen Good  47 Gen Good  95 Good      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  108 Very Good2 Very Poor  105 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       3            4            3            3            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 72 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 75 percent.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 73 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 71 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 66 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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