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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
154 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the lower
Mid-Atlantic late this afternoon and evening, resulting in 
potentially another round of localized wetting rainfall. Minimum 
RH holding at 60 percent or above areawide today. Given this wet 
pattern, there are currently no fire weather concerns at this 
time. 

A drier airmass arrives tomorrow, with min RH values falling 
below 50 percent into the mid 30% to 50% range. Breezy northwest 
winds are expected through Monday.

VAZ024-230815-
Rockbridge-
Including the cities of Lexington and Buena Vista
154 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Clear        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        None         None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            0            
Min/Max Temp          60           83           54           84           
Max/Min RH %          100          37           93           35           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NW  3        W  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      NW  5        Lgt/Var      W  4         
Precip Amount         0.08         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       3                                                   
Precip Begin          6 PM                                                
Precip End            2 AM                                                
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6560                      6580         
Transport Wnd (mph)                NW 17                     W 10         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 111520                    65800        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         19 Gen Poor  105 Very Good60 Gen Good  114 Very Good
Max ADI Late          4 Very Poor  118 Very Good2 Very Poor  119 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       9            9            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        9            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 36 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
South winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 63 percent. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 56 percent. West
winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.

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