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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
247 PM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Showers and thunderstorms will return on Thursday, resulting in 
rounds of wetting rainfall. The convection should be scattered 
Thursday, with signals that heavy rain will occur from the foot-
hills of North Carolina through the Southside of Virginia on 
Friday evening. Scattered wetting rainfall will continue on 
Saturday before drier air returns on Sunday.

Minimum afternoon relative humidity values Thursday afternoon 
are forecast to range from the mid-40% range across Central Virginia 
to the mid-60% range west of the Blue Ridge. Winds Thursday will be 
westerly at speeds of 10 mph or less.

VAZ012-200830-
Wythe-
Including the city of Wytheville
247 PM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           30           80           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            30           20           50           
Min/Max Temp          64           83           62           80           
Max/Min RH %          87           60           100          72           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  6         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.30         
Precip Duration                    1            1            9            
Precip Begin                       8 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4660                      3480         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 21                     SW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 97860                     27840        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         36 Fair      58 Gen Good  47 Gen Good  8 Poor       
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  81 Good      2 Very Poor  37 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       4            6            7            10           
Max LVORI Late        5            1            10           4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 62 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. West winds around
5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
54 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 70s. Minimum RH 47 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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