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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026
.DISCUSSION...
A cold front looks to pass through the area tonight. Scattered
to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected along and
ahead of it with best coverage over the mountains of WV.
Outside of any thunderstorms, rainfall totals look to remain
meager. Behind the front, gusty northwest winds are anticipated,
and dry weather looks to funnel into the region on Friday
with minimum RH values dropping into the 20-35% range areawide.
By Saturday, southerly/southwesterly flow returns, and minimum
RH values look to rebound into the 30-40% range through the
weekend.
Temperatures warm over the weekend into next week with mainly
isolated storms expected. Next best chance of wetting rain will be
Wednesday ahead of a front.
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VAZ016-140815-
Carroll-
Including the city of Galax
224 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026
Tonight Thu Thu Night Fri
Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Mclear Mclear
Precip Type Showers None None None
Chance Precip (%) 30 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Min/Max Temp 45 60 43 72
Max/Min RH % 88 47 78 33
Wind 20ft/early(mph) W 6 G17 NW 13 G25 NW 9 G21 NW 8 G22
Wind 20ft/late(mph) NW 7 G23 NW 12 G22 NW 6 G21 W 5
Precip Amount 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip Duration 1
Precip Begin 6 PM
Precip End 11 PM
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 5940 5170
Transport Wnd (mph) NW 26 W 13
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 154440 67210
Dispersion Fair Fair
Max ADI Early 23 Fair 92 Good 100 Good 69 Good
Max ADI Late 10 Poor 116 Very Good10 Poor 74 Good
Max LVORI Early 4 4 3 4
Max LVORI Late 4 1 4 1
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
44 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 45 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal.