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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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VAZ012-260815-
Wythe-
Including the city of Wytheville
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Mcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     70           90           70           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           70           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          58           77           58           77           
Max/Min RH %          97           73           97           72           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  5         
Precip Amount         0.16         0.51         0.33         0.08         
Precip Duration       7            5            2            9            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 3150                      2890         
Transport Wnd (mph)                S  7                      W 26         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 22050                     75140        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         21 Fair      15 Gen Poor  25 Fair      58 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  28 Fair      5 Very Poor  82 Good      
Max LVORI Early       8            10           9            8            
Max LVORI Late        10           4            9            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 upper 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
56 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. North
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
54 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 50. Northeast winds
around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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