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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.

VAZ045-182030-
Campbell-
Including the city of Lynchburg
335 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Wed          

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      None         
Chance Precip (%)     20           30           0            
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           0            0            
Max/Min Temp          90           67           91           
Min/Max RH %          52           96           38           
Wind 20ft/early(mph)  N  3         N  3         Lgt/Var      
Wind 20ft/late(mph)   N  3         Lgt/Var      W  3         
Precip Amount         0.03         0.01         0.00         
Precip Duration       0            0                         
Precip Begin          3 PM         Continuing                
Precip End            Continuing   1 AM                      
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    5530                      7000         
Transport Wnd (mph)   N  3                      W  3         
Vent Rate (mph-ft)    16590                     21000        
Dispersion                         Very Poor                 
Max ADI Early         35 Fair      14 Gen Poor  15 Gen Poor  
Max ADI Late          33 Fair      4 Very Poor  27 Fair      
Max LVORI Early       8            6            6            
Max LVORI Late        2            7            2            

Remarks...None.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH
49 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 mid 80s. Minimum RH 66 percent.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 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
65 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 52 percent.
West winds around 5 mph. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph. 
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH 47 percent.
West winds around 5 mph.

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