Fire Weather Forecast - Pittsylvania County, VA

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Moisture will gradually increase today into the weekend as a 
cold front approaches from the Great Lakes region. Coverage 
of showers and thunderstorms today will be isolated to widely 
scattered mainly in the mountains, however coverage will 
increase for Saturday as the cold front draws closer. Some 
storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds as the
main threat. Despite smoke from wildfires in Canada passing 
across the region, strong heating today will allow for minimum 
RH values this afternoon to fall into the 30s and 40s percent 
across the Piedmont, and mainly higher values over the 
mountains. Winds today will remain less than 10 mph areawide.

VAZ044-180830-
Pittsylvania-
Including the city of Danville
1233 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         Tstms        Tstms        Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            40           40           60           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            40           40           50           
Min/Max Temp          73           96           71           91           
Max/Min RH %          88           41           96           54           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5        W  4         
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   Lgt/Var      SW  8 G17    SW  3        NW  4        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.03         0.05         0.02         
Precip Duration                    1            1            3            
Precip Begin                       2 PM         Continuing   2 PM         
Precip End                         Continuing   2 AM         Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)                 7530                      6390         
Transport Wnd (mph)                SW 17                     NW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)                 128010                    57510        
Dispersion            Very Poor                 Fair                      
Max ADI Early         55 Gen Good  85 Good      49 Gen Good  69 Good      
Max ADI Late          1 Very Poor  124 Very Good4 Very Poor  74 Good      
Max LVORI Early       3            6            5            6            
Max LVORI Late        6            1            6            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 64 percent.
East winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 55 percent.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Minimum RH 58 percent. West winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
North winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
50 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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