Potential Significant Winter Storm this Weekend - Very Cold Weather Follows Early Next Week

A significant winter storm will likely impact our area this weekend. The winter storm will be followed by very cold temperatures early next week. Read More >

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
259 AM EST Fri Jan 23 2026

.DISCUSSION... 
...Winter Storm Watch Areawide For This Weekend...

Today, clouds will increase throughout the area. Rh values
will be a little lower due to lower dewpoints in spite of 
lower air temperatures. Minimum relative humidity (%) 
values will be between 20-30%.

The weekend is a show stopper for burning. Heavy wintry 
precipitation is forecast. There is potential for 1-2 inches of 
liquid equivalent precipitation...a drought buster. If it all
falls 
as snow and or sleet it will significantly compact fine fuels. It
is also not expected to melt very quickly with temperatures
remaining below freezing for the remainder of the month.


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VAZ045-232130-
Campbell-
Including the city of Lynchburg
259 AM EST Fri Jan 23 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Sat          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Precip Type           None         None         Snow         
Chance Precip (%)     0            0            40           
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          48           13           23           
Min/Max RH %          25           47           20           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  Lgt/Var      NW  4        NE  8 G17    
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   NW  5        NE  5        NE  7        
Precip Amount         0.00         0.00         0.01         
Precip Duration                                 1            
Precip Begin                                    1 PM         
Precip End                                      Continuing   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3970                      2990         
Transport Wnd (mph)   NW  9                     NE 13        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    35730                     38870        
Dispersion                         Fair                      
Max ADI Early         16 Gen Poor  9 Poor       45 Gen Good  
Max ADI Late          37 Fair      24 Fair      34 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       3            2            1            
Max LVORI Late        2            2            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Periods of snow, freezing rain and sleet. Lows around
14. Highs in the mid 20s. Minimum RH 87 percent. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Freezing rain, sleet and a chance of snow. Lows around
18. Highs in the upper 20s. Minimum RH 56 percent. West winds
10 to 15 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Clear. Lows around 1. Highs in the upper 20s. Minimum
RH 51 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 11. Highs in the lower
30s. Minimum RH 57 percent. West winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 9. Highs in the mid 20s.
Minimum RH 49 percent. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

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

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