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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
231 PM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Wetting rain looks likely in the mountains this evening,
but less in the Piedmont. This will be short-lived
as winds behind the front shift over to the west
to northwest Sunday with gusts 30 to 45 mph.

Sunday will be a day for drying any wet fuels and RH values
dropping in the teens and 20s. 

Monday looking a day with potential for any wildfire spread
as winds stay gusty while RH again drops to the teens and
20s.

These aforementioned conditions will make fire containment 
increasingly difficult through next week.
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VAZ016-190830-
Carroll-
Including the city of Galax
231 PM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     50           20           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          42           59           38           57           
Max/Min RH %          78           23           63           24           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  6 G21    NW 18 G37    NW  7 G23    NW  7 G22    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  8 G30    NW 15 G33    W  3         NW 11 G23    
Precip Amount         0.07         0.03         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2            0                                      
Precip Begin          6 PM         Continuing                             
Precip End            Continuing   9 AM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5300                      6280         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 31                     NW 21        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 164300                    131880       
Dispersion            Good                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         75 Good      107 Very Good97 Good      51 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          32 Fair      138 Very Good3 Very Poor  97 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            3            2            3            
Max LVORI Late        4            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Patchy frost. Lows in the lower 30s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs in the mid 60s. Minimum RH
30 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool. Lows in the upper
40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH
31 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 37 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH
45 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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