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
220 PM EDT Sat Apr 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms have started to develop 
across the region this afternoon. Coverage and intensity of these
storms is expected to increase through the evening, with nearly 
all of the lower Mid- Atlantic likely to receive wetting rainfall
by this evening, though totals for most will remain around 0.25 
inch or less. Humidity will remain above 40 percent west of the 
Blue Ridge this afternoon given the arrival of cloud cover, but 
is forecasted to fall below 30 percent across the Piedmont given 
longer opportunity for sunshine and heating before showers and a 
few storms arrive.

Additional showers and a few thunderstorms are forecasted for 
Tuesday and Wednesday as another low pressure system passes 
across the region. 

With increased rain chances and elevated RH values this week, the
threat for fire weather concerns has diminished across the area;
however, if a long spell of dry weather occurs across the area, 
these concerns will quickly return. 

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VAZ013-260815-
Pulaski-
Including the cities of Radford and Pulaski
220 PM EDT Sat Apr 25 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          48           74           43           72           
Max/Min RH %          100          41           93           36           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      E  5         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NE  4        E  3         SE  4        
Precip Amount         0.08         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            11 PM                                               
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 4350                      4060         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NE  6                     SE  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 26100                     36540        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Poor                      
Max ADI Early         20 Gen Poor  19 Gen Poor  24 Fair      22 Fair      
Max ADI Late          3 Very Poor  22 Fair      6 Very Poor  48 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       5            6            4            6            
Max LVORI Late        6            3            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 60 percent. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 67 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 37 percent. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 40. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 60s. Minimum RH 41 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 50s. Minimum RH 44 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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