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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Fire weather concerns will remain low through mid-week per 
daily opportunity for wetting rain.  Stationary front 
over the area will result in periodic rainfall in addition
to a few thunderstorms. Minimum relative humidity is 
is forecast to remain mainly above 70 percent areawide through 
Thursday morning, and surface wind speeds are forecast to 
remain less than 10 mph. An additional 0.5" to 1.5" of wetting 
rain is forecast to fall areawide through Thursday morning, 
with locally higher amounts occurring with thunderstorm 
activity.

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VAZ016-260815-
Carroll-
Including the city of Galax
255 PM EDT Mon May 25 2026

                      Tonight      Tue          Tue Night    Wed          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     80           90           70           90           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           70           70           50           
Min/Max Temp          61           76           61           77           
Max/Min RH %          97           82           97           77           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  3         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  3        Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.38         0.41         0.48         0.11         
Precip Duration       9            5            3            9            
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing   8 AM         
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 2790                      2610         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 12                     W 23         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 33480                     60030        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         18 Gen Poor  19 Gen Poor  14 Gen Poor  52 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          5 Very Poor  32 Fair      6 Very Poor  67 Good      
Max LVORI Early       8            10           8            8            
Max LVORI Late        9            5            7            4            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
61 percent. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
63 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
68 percent. North winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
66 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 57 percent.
North winds around 5 mph.

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