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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for SW VA...SE WV and NW NC
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
306 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2026

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front pushes southeastward today with some lingering 
showers for the area and isolated thunderstorm potential 
in the southeast. Additional chances for widespread wetting 
rainfall returns mainly late Wednesday into Thursday with
a stronger cold front. Abnormally warm temperatures are 
expected to continue across the region through the first 
part of the work week. Minimum RH values will mainly be 
over 50% today, lower on Monday, near the 30 to 40% range, 
then again increasing to generally above 40% by Wednesday. 
There are currently no fire weather concerns at this time.

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VAZ045-082130-
Campbell-
Including the city of Lynchburg
306 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Mon          

Cloud Cover           Mcldy        Mclear       Mclear       
Precip Type           Showers      None         None         
Chance Precip (%)     60           0            0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
Max/Min Temp          74           47           75           
Min/Max RH %          50           89           37           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  SW  7        Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   W  7         Lgt/Var      SW  4        
Precip Amount         0.02         0.00         0.00         
Precip Duration       2                                      
Precip Begin          6 AM                                   
Precip End            4 PM                                   
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3680                      6990         
Transport Wnd (mph)   W 29                      SW  9        
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    106720                    62910        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         55 Gen Good  6 Very Poor  25 Fair      
Max ADI Late          92 Good      1 Very Poor  63 Good      
Max LVORI Early       4            4            5            
Max LVORI Late        1            5            1            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs around 80.
Minimum RH 35 percent. Southwest winds around 5 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the
lower 80s. Minimum RH 46 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Much cooler. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Minimum RH 25 percent. West
winds 15 to 20 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs around 60.
Minimum RH 26 percent. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid
60s. Minimum RH 31 percent. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

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