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
225 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Widespread showers and thunderstorms continue through Wednesday as 
a cold front slowly sinks south through the region. There will
continue to be quite a bit of lightning through Thursday. A drier
air mass tries to build into SE WV and parts of central VA 
Thursday, while moist air remains elsewhere. Additional chances 
for wetting rain are expected in these more humid locations 
Thursday and Friday. More widespread showers and storms are 
forecast for the weekend. Overall, there are only low fire 
weather concerns at this time given the wetting rains expected.

VAZ012-220815-
Wythe-
Including the city of Wytheville
225 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

                      Tonight      Wed          Wed Night    Thu          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Showers      
Chance Precip (%)     70           60           40           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 70           50           40           0            
Min/Max Temp          64           79           57           73           
Max/Min RH %          100          69           100          71           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  7 G18    W  4         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   SW  5 G18    W  5         Lgt/Var      E  3         
Precip Amount         0.51         0.39         0.02         0.01         
Precip Duration       7            5            1            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   7 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3610                      3520         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 16                      W  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 57760                     10560        
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         56 Gen Good  51 Gen Good  10 Poor      15 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          8 Poor       60 Gen Good  2 Very Poor  15 Gen Poor  
Max LVORI Early       4            7            6            8            
Max LVORI Late        7            4            8            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
77 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Southeast winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 78 percent.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 63 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 60 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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