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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm and humid conditions expected through 
Friday with scattered afternoon and evening showers
and thunderstorms. Rainfall coverage will be hit and miss
with rainfall amounts generally a quarter inch or less. 
There will be some localized amounts upwards of one inch
associated with the stronger thunderstorms. Isolated wind
damage is also possible.

Greater coverage of showers and thunderstorms is likely for the
weekend with the passage of a cold front. Somewhat drier
conditions follow the frontal passage for the beginning of next
week, along with a few days of below normal temperatures.
After that, thing warm back up for the end of the week with 
a return to seasonably warm temperatures.

VAZ012-100815-
Wythe-
Including the city of Wytheville
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            60           60           70           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            50           50           50           
Min/Max Temp          62           83           63           79           
Max/Min RH %          100          61           100          74           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  W  4         W  5         W  6 G17     W  6 G17     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  3         W  7         W  5 G17     W  7         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.04         0.06         0.16         
Precip Duration                    2            2            5            
Precip Begin                       11 AM        Continuing   Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4260                      3350         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 14                      NW 15        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 59640                     50250        
Dispersion            Poor                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         70 Good      52 Gen Good  49 Gen Good  26 Fair      
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  64 Good      5 Very Poor  50 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       6            8            6            7            
Max LVORI Late        8            3            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 69 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
58 percent. East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 47 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 44 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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