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
148 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

.DISCUSSION...

...Watch For Scattered Afternoon and Evening Thundershowers...

While high pressure looks to remain over the region, the upper
level ridge has finally relaxed over the eastern conus, which
has reduced the overall subsidence across the area. This will
continue to allow widespread scattered showers and thunderstorms
to develop as an extremely moist and unstable airmass continues
to remain over the region through the middle of next week. This
will keep daily chances of showers and thunderstorms in the
forecast. With the ridge weakening, temperatures will gradually
cool to more seasonal temperatures through the weekend into 
into next week. There are currently no fire weather concerns at 
this time with the increased moisture present across the region.

VAZ024-270815-
Rockbridge-
Including the cities of Lexington and Buena Vista
148 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     50           70           80           40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 50           70           70           40           
Min/Max Temp          68           91           67           90           
Max/Min RH %          100          59           100          57           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Precip Amount         0.11         0.16         0.15         0.05         
Precip Duration       2            3            2            1            
Precip Begin          6 PM         11 AM        Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End            2 AM         Continuing   12 AM        Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 5030                      5770         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SE  5                     W  8         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 25150                     46160        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         14 Gen Poor  4 Very Poor  17 Gen Poor  19 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  25 Fair      2 Very Poor  54 Gen Good  
Max LVORI Early       7            9            6            10           
Max LVORI Late        10           3            10           3            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows
in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 58 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
Minimum RH 64 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
Minimum RH 68 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid
80s. Minimum RH 57 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Minimum RH 49 percent. Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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