Fire Weather Forecast - Rockbridge County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
225 AM EST Sun Dec 7 2025

.DISCUSSION... 
Fire weather concerns will remain low today given lingering snow 
cover across much of the lower Mid-Atlantic, as well as partly 
to mostly cloudy skies and winds from the south at less than 10 
mph. Minimum RH across the service area will hold above 40 percent
areawide. 

The next winter system will arrive late tonight, bringing another 
coating of snow for much of the service area that will continue to 
fall through Monday afternoon before coming to an end. Snowfall 
totals will range from 1" to 3", with locally higher amounts, 
across southeast West Virginia and much of western and central 
Virginia. Less than 1" is forecast for the foothills and Piedmont 
of northern North Carolina.

VAZ024-072130-
Rockbridge-
Including the cities of Lexington and Buena Vista
225 AM EST Sun Dec 7 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         Snow         Snow         
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          45           26           32           
Min/Max RH %          62           100          62           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NE  4        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      NE  3        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.08         
Precip Duration                    0            6            
Precip Begin                       4 AM         Continuing   
Precip End                         Continuing   6 PM         
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2380                      2410         
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  9                     NE 14        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    21420                     33740        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         8 Poor       2 Very Poor  31 Fair      
Max ADI Late          21 Fair      4 Very Poor  30 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       6            7            5            
Max LVORI Late        3            9            3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 14. Highs in the mid 30s.
Minimum RH 57 percent. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the mid 40s. Minimum RH 59 percent. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows around
30. Highs in the lower 40s. Minimum RH 58 percent. West winds
15 to 20 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow. Lows around
30. Highs around 40. Minimum RH 55 percent. West winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow. Colder. Lows
around 18. Highs in the upper 20s. Minimum RH 41 percent.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.

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

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