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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Moisture will gradually increase today into the weekend as a
cold front approaches from the Great Lakes region. Coverage
of showers and thunderstorms today will be isolated to widely
scattered mainly in the mountains, however coverage will
increase for Saturday as the cold front draws closer. Some
storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds as the
main threat. Despite smoke from wildfires in Canada passing
across the region, strong heating today will allow for minimum
RH values this afternoon to fall into the 30s and 40s percent
across the Piedmont, and mainly higher values over the
mountains. Winds today will remain less than 10 mph areawide.
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Wythe-
Including the city of Wytheville
1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mcldy
Precip Type None Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance Precip (%) 0 60 50 60
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 50 50 50
Min/Max Temp 67 82 65 85
Max/Min RH % 95 63 99 60
Wind 20ft/early(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var W 5 W 5
Wind 20ft/late(mph) Lgt/Var W 6 W 4 NW 4
Precip Amount 0.00 0.04 0.03 0.06
Precip Duration 3 2 4
Precip Begin 11 AM Continuing Continuing
Precip End Continuing Continuing 6 PM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 4260 4990
Transport Wnd (mph) W 10 W 13
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 42600 64870
Dispersion Very Poor Fair
Max ADI Early 38 Fair 29 Fair 42 Gen Good 40 Fair
Max ADI Late 4 Very Poor 49 Gen Good 6 Very Poor 51 Gen Good
Max LVORI Early 4 6 5 7
Max LVORI Late 6 3 7 3
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 52 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 59 percent.
West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 49 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation above normal.