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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Deeper moisture continues to rise over cooler northeasterly air 
hugging the surface through tonight and into tomorrow. This will 
mean scattered showers and drizzle, with just a low chance for a 
thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. Confidence in widespread wetting 
rain is low to moderate through Saturday, and rainfall totals are
also expected to be low. Minimum relative humidity values drop to
50 to 60 percent by tomorrow and Monday afternoons areawide as 
drier air filters in.

VAZ012-250815-
Wythe-
Including the city of Wytheville
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Rain         Showers      None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     70           20           0            20           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          60           77           56           80           
Max/Min RH %          100          62           100          57           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  3        Lgt/Var      NW  4        
Precip Amount         0.07         0.02         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration       4            1                         0            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                2 PM         
Precip End            Continuing   4 PM                      6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4220                      4520         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  9                      NW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 37980                     40680        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  8 Poor       29 Fair      52 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  39 Fair      2 Very Poor  53 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            10           7            10           
Max LVORI Late        9            5            9            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. West winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY 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. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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