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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026

.DISCUSSION...
Fairly dry for the next few days. Could see isolated
showers in the mountains Monday afternoon.
High confidence in a wetting rain arriving with a front Wednesday, 
and precipitation lasting into Thursday.


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VAZ033-040815-
Franklin-
Including the city of Rocky Mount
221 PM EDT Sun May 3 2026

                      Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           None         Tstms        None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     0            30           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            20           0            0            
Min/Max Temp          44           77           53           80           
Max/Min RH %          63           34           72           31           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      SW  3        SW  6        SW  6 G19    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  8 G17    SW  7        S 12 G24     
Precip Amount         0.00         0.04         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                    0                                      
Precip Begin                       2 PM                                   
Precip End                         6 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6730                      7370         
Transport Wnd (mph)                W 13                      S 30         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 87490                     221100       
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Good                      
Max ADI Early         60 Gen Good  64 Good      65 Good      80 Good      
Max ADI Late          2 Very Poor  84 Good      7 Poor       141 Very Good
Max LVORI Early       2            3            2            3            
Max LVORI Late        3            1            3            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 70s. Minimum RH 62 percent. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 60s. Minimum RH 55 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Colder. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH 35 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Minimum RH
50 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 70s. Minimum RH 42 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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