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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
231 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Winds turn southerly through today, with increasing moisture across
the region, bringing minimum relative humidity values into the 40
to 55 percent range, with higher values over the southern Blue 
Ridge. This is also where shower and storm chances are highest for
today/Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will see higher and more 
widespread chances for showers and storms, mostly over the 
mountains for Thursday, and much of the area for Friday. Dry 
weather returns by Sunday, and temperatures increase to 5 to 10 
degrees above seasonal normals early next week.

VAZ044-262030-
Pittsylvania-
Including the city of Danville
231 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Thu          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Tstms        
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            40           
Max/Min Temp          88           67           88           
Min/Max RH %          46           98           54           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      S  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   S  5         Lgt/Var      S  5         
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.04         
Precip Duration                                 1            
Precip Begin                                    1 PM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    6860                      6390         
Transport Wnd (mph)   S  9                      S 13         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    61740                     83070        
Dispersion                         Poor                      
Max ADI Early         13 Gen Poor  26 Fair      30 Fair      
Max ADI Late          62 Good      1 Very Poor  88 Good      
Max LVORI Early       6            5            8            
Max LVORI Late        1            8            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 60s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH
60 percent. Southeast winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 50 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 46 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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

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