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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
210 PM EDT Thu Apr 2 2026

.DISCUSSION...

High pressure centered over Bermuda will maintain southwesterly
winds, and a more humid airmass over the region through Saturday. 
This pattern will lead to much warmer temperatures areawide that 
will run nearly 15-20 degrees above normal on the daytime and 
nighttime temperatures. Dewpoints will generally remain in the 
50s to 60s across the area through this time period, leading to 
minimum RH values in the 40-50% range through Saturday before 
much drier air filters into the region behind the passage of 
a cold front Saturday night into Sunday. This cooler and drier
airmass will return temperatures to near normal for this time 
of the year; however, RH values look to bottom out in the 20-30%
range each day next week starting on Monday. Gusty winds on Monday
and Tuesday up to 20mph next week may lead to some increased 
fire weather concerns; however, as they become more relaxed by 
Wednesday and Thursday, conditions look to be more favorable 
for burning. 


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VAZ043-030830-
Henry-
Including the city of Martinsville
210 PM EDT Thu Apr 2 2026

                      Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            0            30           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            20           
Min/Max Temp          58           81           60           82           
Max/Min RH %          91           37           95           43           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  S  5         SW  5        S  4         SW  5        
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  5         SW  7        SW  4        SW  8 G18    
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration                                              1            
Precip Begin                                                 2 PM         
Precip End                                                   Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 6150                      5860         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 15                     SW 17        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 92250                     99620        
Dispersion            Fair                      Fair                      
Max ADI Early         69 Good      48 Gen Good  75 Good      44 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          5 Very Poor  82 Good      4 Very Poor  86 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            5            3            6            
Max LVORI Late        5            1            6            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum RH 25 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
lower 60s. Minimum RH 24 percent. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the
upper 50s. Minimum RH 23 percent. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Minimum RH 28 percent. South winds around 5 mph.

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

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