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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
335 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
.DISCUSSION...
A cold front will pass across the lower Mid-Atlantic today,
resulting in seasonal temperatures for today and Wednesday.
Widely scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will develop
this afternoon and evening, with highest coverage expected to
occur to the east of Highway 29. Otherwise, morning clouds will
give way to a mixture of clouds and sunshine during the after-
noon, with minimum relative humidity holding above 40 percent.
Winds today will shift increasingly from the northwest, with
gusts during the afternoon increasing into the 10 mph to 15 mph
range. Increased coverage of wetting rainfall will return on
Thursday through Saturday as another front drifts slowly
across the lower Mid-Atlantic.
VAZ044-182030-
Pittsylvania-
Including the city of Danville
335 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud Cover Mclear Mclear Mclear
Precip Type None None None
Chance Precip (%) 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0
Max/Min Temp 90 68 91
Min/Max RH % 50 92 39
Wind 20ft/early(mph) NW 4 N 3 Lgt/Var
Wind 20ft/late(mph) N 3 N 3 Lgt/Var
Precip Amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip Duration
Precip Begin
Precip End
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl) 6080 7990
Transport Wnd (mph) NW 6 NW 3
Vent Rate (mph-ft) 36480 23970
Dispersion Poor
Max ADI Early 22 Fair 39 Fair 27 Fair
Max ADI Late 42 Gen Good 5 Very Poor 31 Fair
Max LVORI Early 7 5 5
Max LVORI Late 2 6 2
Remarks...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 65 percent.
East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
68 percent. North winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Minimum RH 53 percent.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 48 percent.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation above normal.