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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
254 AM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Showers and thunderstorm chances remain today. Surface high
pressure settling into the area by Monday will bring drier 
weather and lower temperatures to the area for early next week. 
Heat rebuilds over the region towards the middle of next week,
with rain chances not returning until Thursday at the earliest. There
are no fire weather concerns at this time.

VAZ024-062015-
Rockbridge-
Including the cities of Lexington and Buena Vista
254 AM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     50           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            
Max/Min Temp          78           56           82           
Min/Max RH %          69           98           49           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   E  3         Lgt/Var      E  3         
Precip Amount         0.08         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                      
Precip Begin          6 AM                                   
Precip End            5 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2620                      7100         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NE  7                     E  7         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    18340                     49700        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         25 Fair      12 Poor      43 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          26 Fair      3 Very Poor  58 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       9            6            7            
Max LVORI Late        4            7            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
47 percent. South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
45 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds
around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent. Northwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds
around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent. South winds around
5 mph.

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

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