Fire Weather Forecast - Pulaski County, VA

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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.

VAZ013-250815-
Pulaski-
Including the cities of Radford and Pulaski
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Rain         Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     80           40           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           0            0            
Min/Max Temp          60           78           58           82           
Max/Min RH %          100          66           100          54           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NW  3        
Precip Amount         0.07         0.03         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       4            2                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   6 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4070                      5150         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W  6                      NW  8        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 24420                     41200        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         17 Gen Poor  7 Poor       18 Gen Poor  54 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  30 Fair      1 Very Poor  56 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       8            9            7            10           
Max LVORI Late        9            6            10           2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
55 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 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 58 percent.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. 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 mid 80s. Minimum RH 54 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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