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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
253 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm humid conditions expected for the remainder
of the week with scattered afternoon and evening showers
and thunderstorms. Rainfall coverage will be hit and miss
with rainfall amounts generally a quarter inch or less. 
There will be some localized amounts upwards of one inch
associated with the stronger thunderstorms. Isolated wind
damage is also possible.

VAZ017-090815-
Floyd-
Including the city of Floyd
253 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026

                      Tonight      Thu          Thu Night    Fri          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     80           40           30           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 70           40           30           50           
Min/Max Temp          63           80           63           81           
Max/Min RH %          100          62           100          64           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      W  4         W  6         W  6 G19     
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      W  7         W  5 G18     W  7         
Precip Amount         0.11         0.02         0.00         0.06         
Precip Duration       3            1            0            4            
Precip Begin          6 PM         1 PM         Continuing   7 AM         
Precip End            5 AM         Continuing   8 PM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5080                      3770         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 13                      SW 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 66040                     52780        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         11 Poor      59 Gen Good  61 Good      52 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  72 Good      6 Very Poor  49 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       9            9            6            9            
Max LVORI Late        10           3            8            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 70s. Minimum RH 79 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 82 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Minimum RH 68 percent. East
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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