Showers and Storms in the East; Dangerously Hot and Dry in the West

Scattered showers and storms are expected across portions of the Central and Eastern U.S. through the end of the week. Meanwhile, dangerous heat will intensify across the Desert Southwest and Intermountain West. Hot, dry weather and increasing winds will allow elevated wildfire conditions to return to the northern Intermountain West, where air quality issues persist from ongoing fires. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
244 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Unsettled weather will continue this week with scattered showers
and thunderstorms each day, primarily during the afternoons and 
evenings. The air mass will remain humid with relative humidity 
values staying elevated. Winds should remain rather light for much
of the area except in stronger thunderstorms. There may be a few
instances of wind gusts between 20-35 mph along and west of the
Blue Ridge later in the week due to passing low level jets. Due to
the abundant moisture and prolonged chances of rain, fire weather 
concerns will remain low.

VAZ014-092015-
Montgomery-
Including the city of Blacksburg
244 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          89           65           90           
Min/Max RH %          54           97           52           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              
Precip Begin                                                 
Precip End                                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5360                      7050         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  5                      W 15         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    26800                     105750       
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         30 Fair      31 Fair      56 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          35 Fair      3 Very Poor  126 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       9            6            7            
Max LVORI Late        3            7            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 58 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 upper 60s. West winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 73 percent. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 67 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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