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

.DISCUSSION...

Last day of getting wetting showers and these will be
scattered around with the best coverage in North Carolina
and far southwest Virginia. We dry out and cool back
to seasonal normals Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures 
warm back above normal late in the week. Storm chances
increase Thursday into Friday with a front.

VAZ024-070815-
Rockbridge-
Including the cities of Lexington and Buena Vista
224 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          56           81           56           84           
Max/Min RH %          100          53           97           47           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      E  3         Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                                           
Precip Begin                                                              
Precip End                                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5180                      5370         
Transport Wnd (mph)                E  5                      SW  3        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 25900                     16110        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         14 Gen Poor  37 Fair      21 Fair      17 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  37 Fair      1 Very Poor  28 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       5            9            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        7            3            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 48 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 chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 51 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 60. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
51 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

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

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